I cannot delete the CA Schedule E Worksheet or enter days rented so it won't let me EFile. How can I be able to EFile?

[billOst]

The Schedule E was for a former rental.

[PatriciaV]

Please clarify if the information for the former rental was included on your federal return. How have you tried to remove Schedule E from your California return?

[billOst]

I use the online version of TurboTax.

We previously rented out an ADU on our property but did not rent it in 2024.  I believe the Schedule E showed up in the transfer of data from the 2023 return.  I did delete it from the Fed return, but TurboTax says I cannot delete the form that showed up in my CA return for some reason and therefore it says I cannot EFile unless I fix the CA Schedule E that cannot be deleted or filled out..  

Why am I unable to see forms when I am entering information so I can double check things?  It took me a while to learn how to delete forms, but I could not review them before deleting.  I did try to delete some forms but this only messed up my return.  Can deleted forms be recovered?  Can I delete and redo the CA state return?

One other question:  We rented out the ADU on our property since 1997 into 2023 and sold the property last year.  I was asked about the number of days of non-qualified use in the home sale section but I am unsure what to enter.

[MarilynG1]

In TurboTax Online, you can't see the forms.  However, you can review the main forms by going to the left-side menu to Tax Tools > Tools and choose 'View Tax Summary' at the pop-up. Then back at the left-side menu, look for 'Preview my 1040' and 'CA Tax Summary'. After you pay (before you file) you can review a PDF copy of your return (and worksheets) from the File section.

You definitely can delete your state return and step through it again to repopulate it.  In the State section, use the Trash Can Icon to delete it on the 'Status of your State Return' page.

If you stopped renting the property in 2023, you can't just delete it in 2024,  you need to state what happened with it.  You can choose 'converted to personal use' as an option, which would include you living in it, or fixing it up prior to sale. 

The 'non-qualified use' would be the time you didn't live in the home (rental period 1997-2023). Since you rented for a long period and have mostly depreciated the original value of the home over the years, make sure to add the cost of any improvements and sales expenses to the Cost Basis when reporting the sale to lower your Capital Gain.  Remember that Capital Gain is maxed at 20% and can be anywhere from 0%, depending on your income.  If you had losses over the years you weren't able to claim, these are also added to the Cost Basis to reduce gain.  Here's more info on How Capital Gains are Taxed.

@billOst