2021 Form 1116 Schedule B (carryovers) can't efile

[rpromm]

I was able to efile clean today.  I had the issue the the Form 1116B pdf.  However, I went back through my return and saw that TT had generated 2 of Form 1116.  Have no idea how that happened.  I deleted one of them (the one that did not have a Form 1116B associated with it.  I tried again and Bingo!  It was accepted.  I advise to make this check.  

[HK-NYC]

@LarryDean   Thank you.  Sloppy work on TT's part indeed.  Glad you figured it out first.  Like you, I tried the first two folders you had listed and neither work and was about to give up when I saw @jtrevor 's post.  Should be an easy enough fix for TT to implement in their next update, hopefully now that the error of the location of the /attachment folder has been identified.

[Anonymous]

I did exactly as noted and it found the attachment but had a message to update my desktop software before to transmit . After the download , it went on this same loop to perform the update so I was not able to efile . Thanks for solving the attachment problem. Please advise if anyone is having the same issue 

[ethan4]

I'm using the online version of TT. Has anyone seen the process for adding an attachment when not using a PC or Mac?

[stephen_sr2]

This is all well and nice if you happen to be using the desktop product.  Has anyone had any luck with the ONLINE Deluxe product yet?

[Carla55]

Took you too literally the first time and actually added the .pdf and then realized it was there but not visible. After I deleted that, it filed. Many thanks - and how stupid was this roll out on the info provided.

[Sonnyof42]

I'm on a MacBook Air and having the same problem.  Saved & copied Form1116ScheduleB to attachments subfolder & TurboTax folder, but didn't work.  But all files on Mac are under Documents and don't know how to add on equivalent of c: drive on PC.

[Bill A]

Thank you so very much LarryDean!  I did exactly as you suggested and I succeeded in e-filing.  I put the PDF of the specific Form 1116 Schedule B in a new "attachment" folder on the C Drive and it worked.  I would never have figured this out.  THANK YOU!

[Dan954]

I'm waiting to e-file until tomorrow hoping all is fixed by then. But I wanted to point out, at least in my case, that I had to manually re-enter all the previous years' Foreign Tax Credit Carryovers into the worksheet/interview section. Otherwise, the Form 116 Schedule B and Foreign Tax Carryover Statement to be filed will be blank/zero. Normally, that Carryover Statement used to repopulate automatically from year to year. I assume leaving it blank might affect future attempts at utilizing the remaining credits.

[jtrevor99]

I posted about that WAY back on page 4.  This may not be what you did, but if you try bypassing the issue by switching from a Credit to a Deduction, or by initially saying you want the Deduction, or by deleting the numbers yourself, Turbotax will wipe out your Schedule B (carryover) numbers.  Turbotax will not repopulate them if you then switch back to Credit or say you want to use the carryover.

Fortunately, while that sheet can be difficult to calculate, just starting a new tax return from scratch, going straight to the Foreign Tax section, and then to the carryover subsection will give you the correct numbers again.  You can then copy those into your real tax return.

[HK-NYC]

@Sonnyof42   

I'm not a Mac user but I found this by Googling "where is the root drive on a Mac"

Good luck.

[Nuttree]

Thank you all for the workaround!  My returns went through!

Much too complicated, though.  Shouldn't be necessary.............

[ronaldleemhuis]

Today I downloaded the 03/11/22 update from TurboTax.  It contained the Form 1116 Schedule B.  Without further intervention, it was properly filled out, and the error messages disappeared.  In order to file electronically, I printed that form to a properly labeled pdf file in a new directory c://attachment/ on my computer.  Then, it was apparently recognized and attached to my electronic filing, and it appears to have been accepted.  We'll see.

[bdhinton]

@LarryDean  is the man!   Saved a PDF version of Schedule B with the name "Form1116ScheduleB.pdf" in a new folder on the C: drive named "attachment", and the e-file went through!

[Dan954]

I remember that post and actually created a duplicate return doing the deduction rather than a credit so I could compare the difference in taxes and whether it would be worth filing an amended return at a later date. But I don't think I ever altered the "original credit return". But at this point, I'm not 100% sure. I manually re-entered the numbers from last year's return. Glad to hear it was a "me" problem and not a "TT" problem in this case.