Doing my taxes and trying to report the final 1/3 tax due on the COVID distribution I took in 2020. I've followed the directions Turbo Tax posted 3 weeks ago and it doesn't work for me. I think the problem is there isn't a step (after saying I had a covid-related disaster distribution) where it asks me to input the total amount distributed. On the page titled Did You take a 2020 Qualified Disaster Distribution? is where I am having trouble. It is asking for numbers and fields from my 2021 return but the directions posted as a supposed solve is talking about 2020 -8915E. Also, in those directions/steps they stop after mentioning 3 boxes - whereas there are 4 on the page I am talking about. I don't have any boxes checked and just want to report the final 1/3 balance. Is there a fix besides the ones I linked above? No matter which return (2020 or 2021) I use to input the numbers, nor where I input the amounts on that page, I get the error message that I need to go back AFTER getting to the pages that ask first about the owning a foreign bank account (no) and then Did you take a disaster distribution at any time between 2018 and 2020? (I say yes and it says I need to return to the page I just did! gah).
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Here is a workaround provided by expert DanaB27 that is working-
Be sure to follow the instructions carefully. Try both options if necessary.
Please try these steps to fix the issue:
Another option is to delete "Form 8915-F" and "Qualified 2020 Disaster Retirement Distr" and then go back to the retirement section and reenter the information:
Please let us know if this works for you.
This doesn't solve my problem at all. First of all there is not any pages or prompts that ask me to enter the whole amount distributed (I thought I saw that written somewhere there is). When I am on the page in question that is asking about the COVID distribution, it's asking for info from my 2021 return 8915-F which I have. What am I supposed to put in the first box that asks: 2021 Form 8915F, line 11, if you checked the box on that line, enter 0. On my form I do not have it checked. I have tried putting in the 1/3 amount and tried putting in 0. (even though I don't have it checked). What do I enter in that box?
Please help!? Does anyone know?
Leave that blank since you did not check the box for line 11.
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