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Level 2
February 8, 2019
Question

Illinois Tax Return glitch

  • February 8, 2019
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You believe that you have a glitch in your state tax returns and I cannot "view, print or download (my Illinois forms) because some of the forms have not been finalized yet". When I request an email notification for when they will be available, I get a response saying "unable to load messageid. No forms or products have been specified. Please close the window and try again. for en_US".  I believe the forms are available -- certainly they are available on the Illinois Department of Revenue site.  In prior years, if the forms were not available, there would be a "! error" next to the form and if you printed the form it would say something like "do not file". I think this is a glitch is the system.  I see questions from taxpayers in Alabama and Oklahoma re the same problem. The programing department needs to be transparent, address this issue, and advise clients when the problem will be fixed.  I spent over 2 hours on the phone today with TurboTax and you have still not addressed my problem -- how dare you sent me an email saying that my case is closed and ask me to take a survey.  I spent $90 on the download Premier edition and I expect more from TurboTaxve

    16 replies

    Level 2
    February 22, 2019

    Like some other users, I purchased TurboTax Premier Federal and State. I completed and e-filed both my Federal and Illinois returns. Yet I am unable to save to PDF or print my Illinois return. I received an email that purports to be from TurboTax telling me to fix the problem by downloading and installing an exe file. It also instructed me to send them an install log if the download does not work. This is utter nonsense: I paid for a program. I did not pay for a Beta version of a program. TurboTax needs to promptly update the program with the fix for this problem. Don't ask me to download and execute a file that may affect my computer and its data in a way that I do not understand. I have used TurboTax Premier for over 10 years and I have never seen anything like this. I also have never seen any other software developer tell me to fix their program by downloading an exe file: they update the program with necessary fixes. Please respect the intelligence of your customers.

    Level 2
    February 22, 2019
    Your tirade makes no sense. You've done nothing but complain that they need to provide a fix, and then when they do, you freak out about having to install it. However, I am sure you would blindly go ahead and install the exact same file if it came via one of their regular their download updates...
    Level 2
    February 26, 2019
    That’s how it should come a regular download update.
    I didn’t pay for all that other crap.
    Level 2
    February 26, 2019

    I am having the exact same problem  with my Illinois tax return.  I can't print them and get the same error message that no form is selected. Is turbo tax going to do anything about this.  

    Level 2
    February 26, 2019
    I don’t think they have anyone smart enough to fix it.
    What I have been doing is bringing it up on the forms and copying on a paper return.
    I don’t know what else to do.
    Level 2
    March 2, 2019

    To be clear, the solution provided, TTDHotFixAPP.exe has not worked?

    Resolution

    Our Fix it tool will resolve this issue follow the steps below to download and run the tool

    1. Click here to download the tool TTDHotFixApp.exe
    2. Open the Download and extract the file to your desktop
    3. Run the tool as an admin
    4. Once the tool completes running  press Ok and Enter to close the tool
    5. Open the TurboTax 2018 and update
    6. Once updated Open your Tax file to print your return.

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    I am having the same problem with my Hawaii return.  Will this fix work for me?

    Level 2
    March 2, 2019

    I am also trying to access my completed  Illinois State form  and it is also telling me it is unavailable and I have never had this problem.  I have already e-mailed my Federal and I need to fill my State form.  This is the second year there have been problems.  If this can't be resolved I will need to find another company to use in the future. Please fix this problem.

    Level 2
    March 8, 2019

    Has anyone found a current solution to this problem?

    I did the TTDHotfixapp.zip and now I cannot access the returns at all!!! unless I pay $45 for Illinois.

    Illinois is my free state!

    Level 2
    March 8, 2019
    Works from some and not for some. Turbo tax seems to be incapable of fixing it with an update.
    They seem to ignore the problem.
    Level 2
    March 8, 2019

    The fix worked but wasn’t easy to do.

    Level 2
    January 25, 2020

    my state won't download

    KathrynG3
    Level 14
    January 28, 2020

    There a handful of forms not yet available; however, the forms are expected to be released very soon. 

     

    In the meantime, download following the steps below for Windows or Mac.

     

    For troubleshooting, try these links for Windows or Mac: