Form 6251 and 8801.

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February 5, 2022
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Turbo tax deluxe will not allow me to file. It states forms 6251 and 8801 will not be available until March?

Is this a glitch in the software. I have never experienced anything like this before.

HeatherPLO

Level 14

Some forms may not be available which can cause this message. Please see the Help Article here for IRS Form Availability.

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willsbob

Level 2

The IRS says forms 6251 and 8801 are available. H and R Block say the same. How come TurboTax is not available??

Thanks

gilake

Level 2

thanks and i agree probably a covid thing as everyone else is using that excuse

gilake

Level 2

I got to the end of my federal taxes and the software indicated that form 6251 and form 8801 are not available yet from the irs. never experienced anything like this in the past. What is going on as turbotax indicates that they will not be available until March. But when you do a search of tax forms they show up. What gives

TiffanyL

Level 11

In this public forum, we are provided with IRS form availability information, but not an explanation as to why the form is not available until that date. For additional information, it would be necessary to contact TurboTax customer support

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ldpeck

Level 2

This happened to me too, after I had already paid for it. I had this happen now three years in a row. Others had the form and turbo tax did not. It time to look at another company for filing if this is going to be the norm now. I have used them for as long as I can remember, but just started having these issues the last few years.

manyyear

Level 2

Form 8801 is available now but mine still has problem. With a lot of lines blank and can't do it in step by step mode.

HeatherPLO

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manyyear

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Thanks for replying. I'm using windows turbo tax premier. My last update was 3/11/22. I checked and it said my software was up to date. Do I have to manually update it?