2025 TurboTax Business 1041 e-File Failed_Validation Error Code 54
I tried all the hints to fix this error Failed_Validation Error Code 54
Deleteing and re-attaching form 8453-FE
Running TurboTax Business 2025 as admin and right clicking for updates
Uninstalling and re-installing TurboTax Business 2025 (running as admin)
Turning off all Microsoft security and anit-virus features
Downloaded the superpatch from Intuit
Took a photo of form 8453-FE and let TurboTax convert it to a PDF
Nothing worked!
Spent over 1.5 hours on the phone with Intuit Tier 1. Now has been escalated and I'm waiting (possibly over an hour) for a call back.
I do not want to mail in my return as the IRS has previously lost a mailed-in return. I do not want to re-type everything in the online version.
This problem was first reported January 31 in these forums. It is March 12 and it has not yet been resolved?
I was able to e-file my 1040 from regular TurboTax no problem. Running Windows 11 on a Dell Precision 5560.
Would appreciate any other ideas I didn't try.
