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

[levisncap89]

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.

[levisncap89]

bump

[sferron_7]

Would this work on version bought in store?

[whitesys]

It worked for my desktop version (Deluxe) from Amazon.
It was a physical product with a CD (not a download)

[JAZ]

Same here it worked for me on desktop physical version deluxe from Amazon.  You are brilliant.  Thanks for helping everybody.   Kudos to you.

[cinnamontear]

Thanks!!!  It was driving me nuts!  It worked like a champ!!!  Thank YOU!

[walter-d-cline]

One correction - it's the EIC "Credit" Worksheet. But it works

[levisncap89]

Possibly different names in different versions. In my CD copy of Deluxe, it's just called EIC Worksheet. Same form though, I would imagine.

[swerv_1]

thank u ur a lifesaver I was about to pull my hair and go to sleep frustrated

[anthonyt443]

thank you!  almost threw my computer.....

[cecilialavu]

Thank you!!!!!!  I can now go to sleep.

[njfliiboy]

Unfortunately this page doesn't show for me

[vindani49]

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

[njfliiboy]

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

[albrown6]

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.