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New Member
posted Jan 30, 2020 9:39:19 PM

I can’t seem to log in to Edward Jones to import information through the app or website. Any ideas or workarounds, other than hunting down a paper copy and typing it all in?

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Intuit Alumni
Jan 31, 2020 9:59:00 AM

Edward Jones is one of TurboTax's Import Partners, so you should definitely have the ability to import your information.  First, make sure you are following the correct steps listed in this TurboTax FAQ:  How do I import my 1099? - Community - TurboTax.

 

If you are following those steps and continue to have issues, try clearing your browser's cache and cookies, or using a different browser altogether, and retry importing intto your TurboTax Online account.

Level 1
Feb 5, 2020 4:40:53 PM

What about import errors with desktop users.

Employee Tax Expert
Mar 24, 2020 6:13:34 PM

If you happen to have a password with special characters for your brokerage account, it may cause problems on your investment import. The workaround is to change your password on the account to something without special characters, complete the import, then change it back to your original password.

 

You may also opt to type in the information manually.

New Member
May 27, 2020 7:27:34 AM

Were you able to resolve this issue? I'm having the same problem with Edward Jones. I've changed my password to something simple (no special characters), cleared the cache and cookies, tried Safari and Chrome, and I still can't import my account information. It's infuriating. I'm not having trouble connecting to any other investment accounts - only EJ. Part of the reason I use TurboTax is so that I can do this import and not have to manually enter everything. Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated!

Level 1
May 28, 2020 8:15:03 PM

I have the same problem.  I too have changed PW's and still no luck.  I even work over 25 minutes with a Turbo Tax "Expert" and she couldn't fix it either!! I'm very frustrated with the TurboTax program for this year.  If anyone knows of another Tax Program that works I'm ready to junk Turbo Tax and swish to it.  To say I'm frustrated would be an understatement.   

Employee Tax Expert
May 29, 2020 1:03:42 PM

Be sure to select the right financial institution or brokerage from the list. For example, several participating partners' names start with First National Bank and if you select the wrong First National Bank, you won't be able to import.

 

You can import up to 1,500 transactions from your financial institution in TurboTax Online.  Go here to see how to take a picture of your 1099-MISC in the mobile app.

 

Related Information:

@JDiggins1    @slhardie

Level 1
May 29, 2020 2:37:40 PM

I finally resolved my access problem.  The tech's at EJ did some magic and I got the forms down loaded.  It looks like it was an EJ problem and not TT.  So, I guess I have egg on my face and owe Turbo Tax an apology.

JDiggins1

Level 2
Jul 13, 2020 4:11:13 PM

I have the same problem. No help from Edward Jones. I changed my password so there is no special character. Help! Any solutions or other info you can provide?

New Member
Mar 4, 2021 4:53:40 PM

Hi, I had this issue too. It turned out to be that Turbotax expects the username in all caps!  Hope this helps.

Level 2
Mar 7, 2021 8:44:09 AM

I'm having the same problem.  I've changed my Edward Jones password to all lower case letters and numbers several times.  I have cleared all cookies and cache.  Edward Jones tech have reset my online account.  I have tried all upper and then all lower case numbers in user name.   Edward Jones can not figure it out.  I have not had any problems in the previous years with this issue.

Intuit Alumni
Mar 7, 2021 10:15:26 AM

You may need to check with Edward Jones to see if they are allowing third-party access. Although the following Help Article is for Schwab, it is possible that your brokerage has restricted TurboTax's access to your statements unless you grant consent, and you might need to do something similar to what is described here How can I fix my 1099 import issue?

 

If you continue to have issues, please follow the instructions in this TurboTax FAQ to contact Customer Support: What is the TurboTax phone number?

@mdyz

Level 2
Mar 7, 2021 10:33:33 AM

@MichelleLO , Thank you for your quick response.  That does not seem to be the issue.  I can log into Edward Jones and get connected thru Quicken.  I tried 2 times update thru Quicken and had no problem updating and syncing accounts.   I did talk to 3 different Tech people at Edward Jones and could not figure it out.  I said they will research it and hopefully get back to me

Level 2
Mar 7, 2021 10:40:08 AM

For those having issues, I had to disable two factor authentication on my Edward Jones account and reset my password to something simple (without any special characters). That was the only way I could get it to import. Then I had to reset everything back to normal security levels after the import. 

Level 2
Mar 7, 2021 10:57:49 AM

@abcde12345 Lol, I actually and VERY temporarily set my password to your user name.  The tech and I still could not get it to log in.  I do not have two factor authentication enabled.  Also, I have no problem gaining access thru Quicken.  Thanks for you response!

Level 2
Mar 9, 2021 1:30:53 PM

Did you then import with a TIF file from Quicken?  If so, which version of Quicken do you have?  Wasting to much time on this.  Thank you.

Level 2
Mar 9, 2021 2:15:11 PM

@NN9 I was responding to a suggestion to make sure Edward Jones is allowing 3rd applications access to my account.  I was saying that I have no problem syncing my Edward Jones account with the Quicken 2020 software.  So Edward Jones is allowing connections with other 3rd party applications.  Edward Jones is just not allowing me to connect thru TurboTax and import the tax data from Edward Jones.  Quicken will not help with getting the tax data to TurboTax.  

Level 2
Mar 9, 2021 2:28:34 PM

Sorry I misunderstood.  Thank you for clarifying that.  

Level 2
Mar 9, 2021 4:14:25 PM

I agree with you.  This is what I posted to Edward Jones.  "

Well, I talked to technical support from TurboTax and Edward Jones. Everyone said that they didn't have a problem. Then I had an idea. I started using H&R Block tax software. I tried to import tax information and I got this message. "Your Edward Jones account info is temporarily unavailable. Please try again later or enter your tax info manually.

2000-OFX-GENERAL-ERROR I said "Huh"."

Level 2
Mar 10, 2021 7:23:31 PM

@NN9 Here is what worked for me this evening after trying for days.  I am using the Windows desktop (CD) version of TurboTax.  I changed my browser from Chrome to Microsoft Edge.  From Edge, I logged into my Edward Jones account which required a text code verification number because I changed browsers.  While still logged into Edward Jones, I tried importing with TurboTax and it finally worked.  I got everything imported into TurboTax from Edward Jones.  Hopefully that will work for others 

(Also, I did change to a simple number/letter password temporarily)

Level 2
Mar 17, 2021 9:44:25 AM

Some of the things that have seemed to work for others in the past include one or a combination of the following:

1) Turn off two-factor authentication with Edward Jones (temporarily for the import)

2) Change your Edward Jones password to something simple without special characters (temporarily for the import).  Note that it seems like it might take a day or two for this password change and/or the two factor authentication change to cascade through the system.

3) Try different internet browsers (Explorer vs Chrome vs Edge vs Firefox or whatever).

 

Someone above also mentioned that your Username must be in all CAPS.

 

Good luck.  Make sure to report the issues up the chain at TurboTax and at Edward Jones.  The squeaky wheel gets the grease and someone will eventually decide to invest the time into figuring out what is going on here if enough people complain.  It appears the issues is most likely on Edward Jones' side of things and my guess is it has something to do with the way their username/password systems talk to each other.  Some users have reported everything magically imports correct after complaining for a day or two.

Level 1
Mar 1, 2022 12:26:20 PM

I just got it to work after many tries.  You have to log in from a browser on the machine you want to download the tax forms on first.  AND you also have to go to the Edward Jones security settings and set to remember my device, that is select the radio button next to:

  • Remember my device.
    Next time I log in from this device, I won't need to enter a security code.

Then, log out, go to log back in and check the box for remember this device.  You may still need a multi factor security code sent this time, but now Turbo Tax will be able to get the documents without multi factor authentication from that computer.

New Member
Mar 11, 2022 1:23:24 PM

why won't turbo tax sign me in to edward jones?

Expert Alumni
Mar 11, 2022 2:10:17 PM

What error message are you receiving?

 

You should be able to Sign In with your Edward Jones User ID/Password.

 

Click this link for more info on How to Import 1099 Forms.

 

 

@pattywest

 

 

New Member
Apr 7, 2022 7:32:00 PM

How did you turn off 2 FA? I can't seem to find an option.