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moyo401
New Member

Failed Validation Error Code 54

All of this happened right after I installed the latest update.  There clearly is a coding issue with turbotax business. And unable to efile was not the only bug in this update.  There was a message that popped up that said i have used all my efiles, which was flat out not true.  And also a problem with special depreciation deduction (new law in the big beautiful bill) which looks a lot like 179 depreciation deduction. In this case, the interview instructed that a new asset placed in service in 2025 was eligible for special depreciation, so i took it.  But in the federal final review, the interview gave an error that the asset was not eligible.  After looking at the IRS details/instructions, the asset was 100% eligible for the special depreciation, and hence the review was 100% wrong. But i could not file my business taxes until this was resolved.  In my desire to finalize the business taxes, i removed the special depreciation (took normal 7 yr for the asset) to allow me to file.  But of course error code 54 showed up.  

 

 

Failed Validation Error Code 54

I too have this problem filing my federal return with Turbo Tax Business 2025. 

 

It’s curious that we must post to a topic that started in 2024, rather than the one that was opened for 2025 that I now am not allowed to access.  That thread has link:

https://ttlc.intuit.com/community/taxes/discussion/error-code-54-on-turbotax-business-2025-form-1041...

 

This morning I was able to access this link and was encouraged because the last post was by a Turbotax employee saying that he/she was reviewing log information that was submitted by 2 or more people experiencing this problem.   But now when I click on that link I'm told I don't have permission to access it.  

KristinaK
Employee Tax Expert

Failed Validation Error Code 54

Validation Error Code 54 should be fixed now. Please update your software and try again. Thank you!

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