Tax Year Prior to 2020: When will Schedule B for Form 8995A be available so I can e-file?

[twoodall]

Right now it says I must paper file. I want to e-file. Will this form be supported and if so, when?

[gofishdemong]

Yes, I need to know as well.  We waited until Feb 20th to get form 8995A and this an attachment to that form.  It is unacceptable that Schedule B is not ready.  I have heard I can use HR Block but prefer not to do that.  

[twoodall]

I spoke over the phone with the TurboTax support and was told it is scheduled to be available on March 1.

[gofishdemong]

Thanks --that is very good news.  I made the mistake of buying HR block program as an alternative.  However, there were issues including the fact that their Solar Form is not able to be efiled so I would be back to Square One, also issues of data transfer etc.

[nikkilolson]

I just spoke with someone at Turbo Tax who said this form is now expected to be ready to e-file March 5- although, she said, "you should just paper file it to be safe, because who knows if it will be ready!"

Yikes!! 

[LinaJ2020]

The form is available.  To check, click here: availability

However, please first update your program: 

• If you are using the TurboTax CD/Download software program, open the program, from the top, under Online, select Check for Updates.
• If you are using the online version, it's an automatic update when you sign in and out. 
• For the desktop, make sure to exit the program after the update, then return to open up the program.

@nikkilolson

[nikkilolson]

Indeed, the webpage says 'available' to e-file but TT still says I am unable to e-file due to this form- but I can go ahead and paper file.

I talked to a women today at TT at she said they don't know when it will be ready. Poor communication and mixed messages.

[gofishdemong]

Thanks for your response.  I will keep my fingers crossed for March 5th!!

[gofishdemong]

Thank you for staying on top of this.  Hoping for March 5th, but low expectations at this point.

[MJSilva78]

Its been a month since I got this message that efile is not available for schedule B aggregation of business operations.......any projected fix time?

[MJSilva78]

I completed the TT updates online and still get the same message that e file is not available.  I efiled the same data last year but this year version does not seem to work

[VictorW9]

The form 8995A is now been available for a while. The form is automatically generated if there is QBI present in your return.

[gofishdemong]

8995a  Available for several weeks, yes, but not able to be e-filed if Schedule B was attached as well.  I finally figured a work-around.  Shocked that TTax not able to fix this after 6 weeks.   Intuit can purchase Credit Karma for a few billion but can't pay programmers to fix Schedule B for e-file, not acceptable.

[MJSilva78]

What is the work around as I spent an hour and a half on phone yesterday (Friday March 20) with no solution for an efile.  The most frustrating time I have had with TT in 20 years

[MJSilva78]

Victor W9, when will efile be available for Form 8995A in TT? As of yesterday the Home and Business program still does not allow efile of aggregated QBI