Do I no longer have access to Quick Employer forms with Turbotax Self Employed?

[MinhT]

Yes, you do have access to Quick Employer Forms with TurboTax Self-Employed.

You can use TurboTax Self-Employed to prepare and e-file forms W-2 and 1099-MISC.

To prepare forms W-2 and 1099-MISC, follow these steps:

• Sign out of your account and sign in again. On the landing page, click on Prepare W2s and 1099s (see attached screenshot).
• You will be taken to the TurboTax Quick Employer Forms (QEF) website.
• Sign in with your TurboTax username and password. If you do not have an account, click Create Account to create a new account. Note carefully the username and password as you need then if you need to retrieve the forms later.
• After signing in, click on Create New Form
• On the next page, choose the type of forms you wish to prepare then click Continue to begin entering information for your forms.

[eric_l]

On about January 10, 2020, I (eventually) figured out how to enter payee data at the TurboTax web pages for eventual printing and eFiling of IRS Forms 1099-MISC (block 7, NEC Compensation) due tomorrow, January 31, 2020.  [For my 2019 returns, I upgraded to TTax Home & Business -- specifically because I wanted the advertised ability to eFile my 1099-MISC forms and know that my current 2019 data would be saved online for quick & easy transfer to next year.]

(1) It turned into a time-wasting hassle to (eventually) discover that the ability to enter 1099-MISC info via the online web pages could NOT be accessed from my freshly-created and therefore existing 2019 TTax file in my desktop computer. Instead, when first opening TTax I had to click the "Start a new return" button and from there choose to enter 1099-MISC (or W2, etc.) data. That worked and I manually entered data for about 30 payees. I chose not to eFile at that time (TTax FAQs explain that my data would be saved online for later eFiling and for transfer to next year). Instead of immediately eFiling, I opted to wait until the end of January (i.e., today, 01/30/2020) in case errors needed to be corrected before eFiling. [NOTE -- There was NO "sign out" link or button available on any of the screens that appeared for me, so I simply closed the browser window. Chrome browser.]

(2) Today, 01/30/2020, I am trying to get back to my previously-entered 1099-MISC data that is supposed to be stored someplace within my online account at TTax ... ... ... and, after successfully logging in with my username and password, I cannot find any of my previously-entered data. The option to enter brand new data appears, but NO saved data from a couple of weeks ago. AARRGGH! A link to previously-saved data does NOT appear when I use the "Start a new return" button when TTax first loads. I cannot find a link to my already-entered data when I go back into my already-started 2019 tax file that's stored in my desktop computer. AARRGGH!

Now I wonder why I wasted my time and money upgrading my TTax product so that I could (supposedly) enter and eFile 1099-MISC forms via TTax to the IRS.

[LindaB1993]

Unfortunately, there is no import/transfer feature between the desktop data files and quickemployerforms online. 

The benefit of the online program is of the Efile feature.  The benefit of the Desktop file is that the data file is accessible in the TurboTax program past October 31.  (Quickemployerforms limit access to prior data after October 31.  You would need to rely on the saved PDF of the forms for access.)

However, you should be able to retrieve the desktop file when you open the Dsektop Home and Business version.

When the program is launched, it should automatically show your saved data file as a selection.  If you do not see it, you may conduct a search in file explorer under the TurboTax program.

[mc10027]

There is a paywall on the QEF site preventing Turbo Tax SE Live accounts access to the forms site:

To continue with unlimited access to TurboTax Quick Employer Forms, you must be using 2020 TurboTax Business or 2020 TurboTax Home & Business software products, which can be purchased here.

I am opted into a higher-level intuit product and not able to get past the paywall.

TurboTax SE Live does not appear to be supported.

[Cynthiad66]

Yes, you do have access to Quick Employer Forms with TurboTax Self-Employed.

You can use TurboTax Self-Employed to prepare and e-file forms W-2 and 1099-MISC.

To prepare forms W-2 and 1099-MISC, follow these steps:

• Sign out of your account and sign in again. On the landing page, click on Prepare W2s and 1099s (see attached screenshot).
• You will be taken to the TurboTax Quick Employer Forms (QEF) website.
• Sign in with your TurboTax username and password. If you do not have an account, click Create Account to create a new account. Note carefully the username and password as you need then if you need to retrieve the forms later.
• After signing in, click on Create New Form
• On the next page, choose the type of forms you wish to prepare then click Continue to begin entering information for your forms.

Link to the website to create the forms below:

Create Employer Forms

[mc10027]

I continue to hit a paywall. Are you able to escalate this to a developer?

I have signed out and in several times. I've followed the link from the TurboTax workflow, I've tried logging in by directly navigating to the QEF site. I've dumped my cache, I've turned off adblocker.

I keep getting the below paywall. I thought that maybe I had only TTlive and then made sure I was opted into TTL-SE and you can see that on the left tab of the screenshot below. Also, I used QEF last year and have used TurboTax for the past 2 tax years, so I'm surprised my account keeps hitting this paywall.

If I cannot gain access, is there a TurboTax expert who can generate the 1099-NEC for me? I only have one to do and I'm now past the deadline (though they are LLC, so I might be OK)

[mc10027]

Please disregard above reply post.

I have resolved via this post's directions:

https://ttlc.intuit.com/community/business-taxes/discussion/re-can-i-use-quick-employer-forms-with-t...

by @ag19501