Form 8615 Update

Form 8615 is used to report tax for Certain Children Who Have Unearned Income.  Does your daughter has an unearned income like interest and dividends?   This form has not been finalized yet.  Per the update, it will not be ready until 2/20/2020.

It is because our forms need to be approved by the IRS.  The forms are available if you are going to download from the IRS to complete it on your own.  However, e-filing is different.  Once the form is finalized by the IRS, it has to be coded into the special language the software uses and has to be thoroughly tested for calculations and e-filing acceptability.  IRS then has to approve it for e-file.  It always takes a little longer for a form to become available for e-file in a software program.  I hope this helps you understand the situation.  I truly understand your frustration and thank you for your patience.  See updates: IRS forms availability

@HollyKG99 @AngelBic

This has been delayed for some time. First 2/5, 2/15, 2/20, 2/26, 3/4ish. I wouldn't expect it to be ready then either. This is definitely a turbotax issue that has to be approved by the IRS. Problem is, if they had submitted the form correctly in the first place it would have been approved already like the others that are already approved. It seems they initially used 2018 figures (2600.00) rather than 2019 (2650.00) as one of the reasons.  In the meantime, those who have hundreds or thousands of dollars in refunds get to leave it with the IRS longer rather than in your bank. Even intuit proconnect users can't e-file. This is a completely unacceptable situation. How about trying this. Don't let anybody e-file through this software until all of the forms are ready (which wouldn't be until at least 3/4) and let me know how many customers you think will purchase this product again in the future. When I purchase something I expect to be able to use it.

I have confirmed that this is a TurboTax issue.  I went to H&R Block and their form was ready.  I was able to complete the form and efile my tax return all while TurboTax is still telling me this form won't be ready until 3/4/2020.  I should have went to H&R Block when I first got this message from TurboTax, I would have had my refund by now.

Totally unacceptable for Turbo tax to not have this form ready today.  They should be granting free filing for anyone who has this problem.

Looks like H&R Block is much better than turbo tax!

Although I use Turbo Tax every year for our joint return, I pay a CPA to do another family member's trust and personal returns.  (This family member is subjected to the kiddie tax). Since I have already purchased TT for myself, I also use it to check the CPA's work every year. We always match on the personal return. Not this year. Having compared the worksheets side-by-side, all I can say is that TT's kiddie tax calculations are flat out wrong. Whether I choose the old or new method, I get very different (and quite obviously wrong) results vs. the CPA's professional software which also shows both methods. It doesn't surprise me that people are having their TT returns rejected by the IRS because of form 8615.