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Thank you for this additional information. Sometimes people are not able to take advantage of all of the adoption expense credit in one year, due to limitations. You can't use more of the credit than you have in tax liability that year. It can roll the credit forward for 5 years and hopefully be able to use all of it during that time. I think it is trying to roll a carryover for you.
You were able to claim all of your expenses in 2019 and did not see the worksheet in 2020?
So is the adoption worksheet something I fill out every year then for those 5 years?
Yes, you will need to complete the worksheet for each of the five years you have a credit to carryforward. While the Adoption Credit Carryforward Worksheet has 23 lines, if all that needs to be done in a given year is to carryforward the credit, you will need to complete less than half of the worksheet.
Thank you! I wasn’t sure. I keep trying to fill it out, but it won’t let me get past the that says is the adoption final. I click yes then it says to add the year but it won’t let me move past that question at all. Is there an easier place this form is at where I can get it filled out? I’m not sure why it’s doing that.
There may be a carryover credit amount for qualified adoption expenses generating Form 8839 Qualified Adoptive Child Worksheet. The credit is limited to the amount of your tax liability, so sometimes people cannot use all of it in the first year or two, and it can carry forward for up to 5 years. Even if you cannot use the credit this year, TurboTax is trying to carry it forward on your records so that you can use it next year or the following year.
Then try to complete the questions in the Adoption Credit section. They should now display properly.
When you are finished, just click on Step-by-Step in the upper right to toggle back to the Interview mode.
This should allow you to complete the form, carry any unused credits forward for next year, and pass Review without any flags.
For anyone else having this trouble this is how I remedy this situation. I added a kid I’d already adopted and entered zero for all the amounts for any expense. That got the program to realize we did not qualify for the credit and the forms were gone. This was the only way we could get it to work.
Its a browser issue. Please try this in chrome
I had to fill out the form with one of my children than it showed up for me to delete it under tools
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