Can't efile "Form 8582:Activity Description....."

[HassFam]

I just now got an email from them:

Dear TurboTax customer,


We appreciate your continued patience as we tirelessly work on solving your issue.

We’ll email you when we’ve developed a fix.

Thank you for being a TurboTax customer.

So, no news, really. 

[ahambric87]

So what if I do have passive activites (i.e. home rental), am I just stuck until Turbotax fixes this????

[gkimble67]

Agreed, this will be the last year that I use turbotax for sure!

[gkimble67]

Please post back to this, if and when you get a response.  I have a notification to file by Feb 28th to lock in the price I already paid.  Seems crazy since the problem is on their end.

[jafari001]

Hi,

I just talked to TurboTax support about the same issue I have with my Maryland tax filing. The guy said I should wait for this form (8582) to be available on March 17th. Then the issue we'll be gone. Here is the link he sent me:

https://care-cdn.prodsupportsite.a.intuit.com/forms-availability/turbotax_fed_online_individual.html

once you open this page look for 8582 and you'll see when the form will be ready.  There is two 8582 forms, one is available now and the other one will be ready 3/17/2022.

[Gyg4life]

Yeah I used the link, scrolled down to 8582 and it says available which we know it’s not.

[gkimble67]

Thank you, I see it there, and it does say will be ready 03/17, frustrating though considering I had no passive income.  Again, thanks for the update!

[Gyg4life]

Okay yes I see that, but it’s also at the bottom of the list, second to last, in that link and it says “available”

[TeresaM]

Form 8582 is used to figure the amount of any passive activity loss, where you are not actively engaged in a business or investment, such as losses from rentals.

If this is in your Maryland tax return, our team is still working to resolve an error message in some Maryland state returns that give an error message about Form 8582 needing an update, even if there are no passive losses to report.

If the federal forms are all finalized and the federal is ready to e-file, you can choose to file just the federal return at this time, then come back when your state forms are ready and e-file that return. The filing date for tax year 2021 Maryland state returns was extended to July 15th, 2022.

1. When you get to the Here are your filing options screen
2. Select Change next to your state return
3. On the Change filing method screen
4. Select I'm not ready to file
5. Click Save

Note, if you don't e-file them together, you do have to wait until the federal is accepted before you can e-file the state. Sometimes this takes a day or even two.

Here is a TurboTax Help article with directions for when you return to file your state return.

File State after the Federal is Filed

If this is not a Maryland state return error message, just to clarify, please let us know if it is in the federal return or a different state. This will help us investigate the message. If you do not have any passive activity, we would like to take a deeper look at this. It would help to have a diagnostic file, which is a sanitized copy of your tax return that has all of your personal information removed but has all of the forms and numbers entered. You can send one to us by following the directions below and posting the token number here so we can access the sanitized return.

 TurboTax Online:

1. Sign in to your online account.
2. Click on Tax Tools on the left tool bar
3. Select Tools
4. In the pop-up screen, click on “Share my file with agent”
5. Click OK on the message that a diagnostic file will be sanitized and transmitted to us.
6. Please provide the Token Number.

TurboTax Desktop/Download Versions:

1. Open your return.
2. Click the Online tab in top menu bar
3. Select “Send Tax File to Agent”
4. Click Send on the message and the tax file will be sanitized and transmitted to us.
5. Please provide the Token Number.

[Gyg4life]

Has it there twice

[MTock]

I am in Iowa and my state tax is erroring because the Activity Worksheet: Activity Description is not available.  I am not aware of having any passive losses.  In the error message it states Form or Worksheet type and has Sch F listed.

[MTock]

I pulled up the print version of the Activity Worksheet and see no responses in Question A or B.  B states - If this activity was operated jointly by taxpayer and spouse, check this box.  I am unable to check that box.  Not sure if that matters.  Just pointing it out.

This is for Iowa Sch F.

[TeresaM]

Form 8582 is used to figure the amount of any passive activity loss.

If this is in your Maryland tax return, our team is working to resolve an error message in some Maryland state returns that give an error message about Form 8582 needing an update, even if there are no passive losses to report.

Please sign up for notifications in this TurboTax Help article. Notifications Maryland Form 8582 error

If the federal forms are all finalized and it is ready to e-file, you can choose to file just the federal return at this time, then come back when your state forms are ready and e-file that return. The filing date for tax year 2021 Maryland state returns was extended to July 15th, 2022.

1. When you get to the Here are your filing options screen
2. Select Change next to your state return
3. On the Change filing method screen
4. Select I'm not ready to file
5. Click Save

Note, if you don't e-file them together, you do have to wait until the federal is accepted before you can e-file the state. Sometimes this takes a day or even two.

Here is a TurboTax Help article with directions for when you return to file your state return.

File State after the Federal is Filed

If this is not a Maryland state return error message, please let us know if it is in the federal return or a different state. This will help us investigate the message.

[HassFam]

We're Maryland residents with no passive income, filed Federal and have signed up for alerts. However, we're going to have to pay an extra $20 because State will push past the 2/28 promo date since this looks to be on a 3/17 completion schedule. ...not to mention every day that passes is another 2 to 3 days later that we'd get any potential refund as the IRS backlog builds. All this for a worksheet (not form) that doesn't need to be there in the first place. If we could at least delete the form and have it stay that way when we file, it'd be problem-solved. But instead we've got a zombie worksheet essentially holding us hostage for no legitimate reason.

[MTock]

My issues is with my Iowa Return.  Message states -  Activity Worksheet: Activity Description.  This form is not ready to be filed due to a change in the federal form.  It should be available soon.

Form or Worksheet Type  Sch F.