What-if Worksheet" re: child tax credit & earned income credit error - IF you are not claiming the EIC, I have found a workaround

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June 5, 2019
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This only works on the desktop version as far as I can tell. IF you are not claiming the earned income credit in any way, shape or form, to fix this and file you must:

switch to forms view (up at the top, in the blue bar)

Navigate to the "EIC Worksheet" form

About a third of the way down, you should find a section titled "Election to Use 2016 Earned Income for Eligible Hurricane Victims Smart Worksheet"

Line A - Elect to use ... - check "no"

Line B - Taxpayer is eligible - check "no"

Line C - Earned Income for EIC from your 2016 return - set to zero

Return to Step by Step view, and continue through the process. It should allow you to e-file when you get to the end. It just worked for me.

TurboTax Deluxe Windows

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njfliiboy

Level 2

Unfortunately this page doesn't show for me

vindani49

Level 2

This is exactly how I fixed mine, thank you very much!!

njfliiboy

Level 2

Worked for me. I had to actually search for the form

albrown6

Level 2

There is a tab at the top when you choose the form. Be sure it is on the worksheet! It took me a few minutes to discover it. Thank you so much of posting the fix for this problem. It was really worrying me. Just e-file my taxes so I can rest easy now.

mhcollc

Level 2

It worked for us!!!! Thanks for the help!!!!! It is now filed.......

vic201087

Level 2

Worked here as well. Much appreciated!

juan0621

Level 2

Great!!!

wayne-cash

Level 2

Had to actually search for the worksheet but it worked. Corrected the error and filed.

Thank you

ambarth

Level 2

Thank you!!

snowman77777

Level 2

I have the deluxe version on a PC, but this doesn't work for me. On my Earned Income Wks it doesn't show lines A/B/C, but rather they're all numbered. There's no mention or selection for elect to use, etc... 😞
Really aggravated with TT right now

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