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.
It worked for my desktop version (Deluxe) from Amazon.
It was a physical product with a CD (not a download)
Same here it worked for me on desktop physical version deluxe from Amazon. You are brilliant. Thanks for helping everybody. Kudos to you.
Thanks!!! It was driving me nuts! It worked like a champ!!! Thank YOU!
One correction - it's the EIC "Credit" Worksheet. But it works
Possibly different names in different versions. In my CD copy of Deluxe, it's just called EIC Worksheet. Same form though, I would imagine.
thank u ur a lifesaver I was about to pull my hair and go to sleep frustrated
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.
It worked for us!!!! Thanks for the help!!!!! It is now filed.......
Had to actually search for the worksheet but it worked. Corrected the error and filed.
Thank you
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
The form on my Costco CD-installed Deluxe version doesn't have the "Hurricane Victims" lines. But the errors still occur, nonetheless. Suppose I'll have to wait for Turbotax fix.
The form is there. I thought the same thing. There’s a button on the left after you click view forms. It says open forms. After you click that there’s a search space. Just type earned income and click the second option. I forgot the exact title but it wasn’t the worksheet. You’ll see it there
Yes, you're right. The EIC worksheet and the Earned Income Credit form are different. I found the proper one and made the corrections, and the fix works. However, I had to change the pre-populated dollar amount in line C to zero, which means I'm changing something Turbotax had already calculated. That does worry me a little.