Turbotax generated a blank form 8801, should i delete it before submitting my 2021 tax forms?

[Priller]

Turbotax generated a blank form 8801 after i answered the AMT questions (by the way i am not required to pay AMT), should i delete it before submitting my 2021 tax forms?

[Anonymous_ · Accepted solution]

No, do not delete the form if TurboTax auto-generated it.

[Priller]

Thank you for your response.

I don't mean to be ungrateful or argumentative, but according to previous posts (from 2020), if Form 8801, "Credit for Prior Year Minimum Tax - Individuals, Estates, and Trusts," remains blank and is submitted to the IRS, the IRS rejects the electronic submittal of the whole thing...

[Anonymous_ · Accepted solution]

I have not come across those posts, but can tell you that I submitted a test return a few years ago and it was not rejected despite the fact that the return package had a blank 8801. 

Frankly, I am not sure whether that has changed in the interim (one way or the other).

You can certainly delete the 8801 in Forms Mode if it is blank.

[Priller]

Hi tagteam,

Here is one of the posts I was referring to:

Form 8801 reference

By the way, thank you for taking the time to provide such insightful and helpful comments.