It depends. Try this series of steps to remove this error message you may file your return without having to upgrade.
- First check to see if you have a 1099 INT or 1099 DIV. If there is a foreign tax paid amount reported in Box 6 of a 1099 INT or Box 7 in your 1099 DIV, then you may have a foreign account that you are not aware of. There are follow-up questions in those forms that you need to complete.
If this isn't the issue, then try this to remove this error from your return:
- Federal or Federal Taxes if working in the desktop version
- Income or Wages and Salaries if working in the Desktop Version
- Other Tax Situations
- Prepare a Report on Foreign Assets
- Answer None of the above to Tell Us About Any Foreign Bank Accounts.
- Click Continue.
- Answer None of the above to Tell Us About Any Foreign Trusts.
- Click Continue.
- Answer No, I don’t have foreign financial assets to Foreign Financial Assets.
- Click Continue
If this doesn't remove the entry, try this:
- Tax tools
- Tools
- Delete a Form
- Look for Form 8938 and delete it and all of the worksheets associated with it
Please let us know if this works.
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