2019 tax return rejected - 8801 form update

[KurtL1 · Accepted solution]

The corrected Form 8801 is expected to be release later today (Release 20). You need to check on it this weekend.

You should delete the form in your return. When a corrected form is updated it is possible for some old calculations is still in the form. Deleting the form will allow only the corrected form to be loaded.

To delete a form off of your return you need to:

1. Select Tax Forms in the Black bar on the left side of the screen.
2. Select Tools from the drop down menu.
3. On the Tools Center Select Delete a form.
4. Locate the form on the list and select Delete.
5. You will be asked to confirm the deletion.

[Coldguy]

Federal just accepted.  Third time was the charm.  Didn't change anything but did go through the numbers for 8801 and 6251 again.

[Queue_Underflow]

@KurtL1 Any reason why some of us didn't seem to need this update to get our returns accepted? 

[jet37]

@Allan M I went through each of the AMT questions for 8801, resubmitted, and received a quick rejection. On the second try I deleted the old form, and reentered all of the information before resubmitting. Less than 90 minutes later my return was accepted. 

[LinaJ2020]

The update is supposed to be released later today 3/6/2020. 

[fuzion]

Strange, my return was also accepted on the 3rd try. For both 2nd and 3rd try I did the same thing just clicking through the AMT credit section again.

[Fei2020]

Yes, really buggy. Previous versions were really good but not TT 2019.

[Allan M]

Those steps sounds like a fix for something for the online version of TT

What about the download CD version for the Mac

[moeser6210]

I have the same issue, My return got rejected last Friday, This morning TT said the 8801 section error fixed & ready to file ,

So I called TT, the gentlemen help me through Re-E-Fife again, but less then 1 hour, I received the reject again,

I called TT again, but never can get through and no one ever call me back. So it is very confusing and don't know what to do now? I used TT many years, don't know why it happen like this year.

TL

[aftaibe]

No word on new target date on system update. New IRS 8801 edition is 3/2.

[bmagazu]

I re-filed my federal and state tax returns on 6 March. They both were rejected. TT sent me the same email saying, "We are reviewing updates to Form 8801 Credit for Prior Year Minimum Tax. We expect to have the form released by approximately March 5th, 2020." 

Did TT fix the original? it appears not 

When will the problem be fixed? - I don't know

Has anyone else had this problem and can offer a tip how to resolve it? 

[Cgordon8]

I’m getting the same message! it’s a TT issue. NOT an IRS updating form issue because I called IRS. It says approximately March 5th it should be updated, however I did mine yesterday and it was rejected TWICE now. It would be nice if they would tell us when it’s ready to actually be filed instead of waisting everyone’s time. I’m not impressed with TT. 

[sidjain78 · Accepted solution]

Dear all,

I installed the updates this morning. Then went through the AMT credit again, checked for errors and e-filed the second time. In 30 min of second e-file, the federal tax return was accepted.

No change to the form, no change in the entries - nothing.

It was clearly a TT glitch that was resolved with their system update. TT is unnecessarily blaming IRS 8801 form - this form has had no updates in 2020. https://apps.irs.gov/app/picklist/list/priorFormPublication.html?resultsPerPage=200&sortColumn=sortO...

Thanks to all those who responded to confirm this as a system wide issue. Good to all getting through the tax returns this year. TT has a lot of bugs this year and the staff is clueless.

[bc-levy]

Like previous posters, I tried to file my returns earlier this week, which were rejected because

of form 8801. I updated TurboTax this morning, but because I did not see any change, I did not

submit my return. Instead, I called TurboTax support which was worthless and tried to blame the

8801 issue on the IRS. Later this afternoon, after reading the posts on this board, I went through form

8801 again and resubmitted. The Federal return was accepted within 40 minutes. This is the second year

in a row that TurboTax has bugs (last year, it did not keep track properly of estimated taxes paid during the

year and I wasted an entire day to get around this problem-- again the phone support was worthless).

TurboTax has some nice features, like downloading 1099s, but  if these problems keep occurring, I will need to consider switching to TaxAct.

[macdog]

For those who have had their federal returns accepted, I'd check again once TurboTax fixes the 8801 form.  I entered exactly the same info into TaxAct and my Credit for Prior year AMT increased by $1,283 and my overall federal and state refund amount increased by $992.

I'm going to hold off resubmitting for a few days.