Am trying to transmit Iowa tax forms and get an error "too many characters" in the Iowa Information Worksheet.
There are no characters in the highlighted section. I have tried to delete and backspace in the section but nothing is there. I have tried to correct in the Error mode of step-by-Step and have gone to the specific form, but there is nothing to change. Turbo Tax says there is 5 errors. It won't go past this one, but I assume the others are similar. I have tried searching errors in the form mode but it doesn't identify any.
Solution. Although the error step brings up the Iowa Information Worksheet, the problem is in the 1099-DIV sheets. Got to forms and open each 1099-DIV to check Payer name. Turbo Tax allows a long description for Payer, but will create this error if the name is longer than about 29 characters. Use abbreviations when identifying payers, especially mutual fund names.