Minnesota M1WFC not computing properly?

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April 13, 2023
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I am using the desktop version of TT Home & Business software. TurboTax software version 022 000 0599 on Windows 10.

When I try to see if I am eligible for the Minnesota working family credit, the TT interview tells me that I am not eligible and the form is not even generated.

When I print the form manually from minnesota's treasury department and follow the manual instructions, copying values from my turbo tax 1040 per minnesota instructions, I am indeed eligible.

How do I find out if there are known bugs and any workarounds?

Help! It's a $1200 difference to me.

TurboTax Home & Biz Windows

kgrytingAuthor

Level 3

I just spent several minutes on the phone with Minnesota's tax department. They also agree that I should receive the working family credit... so TURBO TAX you need to update your state software. It's worthless to me at this point, and will make next year's taxes unable to transfer accurately.

Ugh.

HollyP

Employee Tax Expert

There are no known defects with this Credit. However, you aren't eligible if any of these apply:

You were a full-year nonresident
You file with an Individual Taxpayer Identification Number (ITIN)
You do not meet the state income requirements based on your filing status or number of qualifying children (see Schedule M1WFC instructions for details)
You are another person's dependent
The IRS restricted you from claiming the federal EITC

See: Working Family Credit for more info. Also, review your dependent entries in the personal information section to help ensure the credit is properly calculated.

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kgrytingAuthor

Level 3

@HollyP How would I report this then? I spent a long time with a MN tax assistance person reviewing all my data from my federal 1040 and she agreed that I was eligible.

I deleted my TT state return and filed it totally by hand. It was awful.

My suspicion is that my medicaid waiver payments were accidentally ADDED to my income, even though they are included on my 1040 line 1z. I receive a W2 for them - part of them are nontaxable and the part that was paid PTO is taxable. My Schedule 1 subtracts the nontaxable portion.

Filling out Minnesota's M1 form, only demands that you add back in any medicaid wages not already included on 1040 1z. With 2 eligible children, line 1 on M1WFC value leads to a working family credit value over 1000. Line 3 (federal AGI) is less than line 1 and less than the value noted in instructions for M1WFC, so I do get the credit.

The MN tax rep agreed. I think Turbo Tax has a bug and I'd like to report it officially. Can you point me to that process?

HollyP

Employee Tax Expert

We appreciate the feedback @kgryting. I'd be happy to take a deeper look at this, and report it accordingly. However, I need a diagnostic file, which is a copy of your tax return that has all of your personal information removed. You can send one to us by following the directions below:

TurboTax Online:

Sign in to your online account.
Locate the Tax Tools.
A dropdown will appear. Select Tools.
On the pop-up screen, click on “Share my file with agent.”
This will generate a message that a diagnostic file gets sanitized and transmitted to us.
Please provide the Token Number that was generated in the response.

TurboTax Desktop/Download Versions:

Open your return.
Click the Online tab in the black bar across the top of TurboTax and select “Send Tax File to Agent”
This will generate a message that a diagnostic copy will be created. Click on OK and the tax file will be sanitized and transmitted to us.
Please provide the Token Number that was generated in the response.

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