I have completed the federal and state returns and run both error checkers multiple times and found no errors. Since my state doesn't accept e-file, I elect to file by mail. When 'Print Tax Returns for Mailing' > Print Returns to Mail > Save As PDF, I get the incorrect error message "there are errors in your return. Continue?" Has anyone else encountered this error message? What 'errors in the return' could it possibility be referring to, and if true how can it be addressed?
I am most concerned about this because for my 2020 personal taxes an fault in the TurboTax error checker caused the program to not accept e-filing, creating an eight-month odyssey with the IRS before my taxes were processed at the end of 2021 and finalized in 2022. I have a bad sense of foreboding on my 2021 tax returns.
Did you try the Federal Review tab? That should flag any errors and inform you as to their nature.
As I said, I ran both the federal and the state Review tabs - both in the initial walk-thru and also twice after receiving the error message - and the program continues to report that No Errors are found in the return. The only time errors are indicated is when the error message window pops up when I go to print a return for filing.
Have you entered Forms Mode and checked for any red exclamation marks next to the forms in the list of forms?
Thanks for the suggestion of looking for exclamation marks in Forms mode. I will try that this weekend and report the results.
When I opened TurboTax this morning it ran an update (dated 3/11/2022). Do not know if the corrections related/effected my issue. However, when I checked my returned in Form view, there were no exclamation marks and no errors were reported in the Error Checkers. The original weird error message I reported also did not occur when I asked to print the return as a PDF. Therefore, whatever issue there was seems to be been corrected. PS - I did not make any changes in the return's data to make the issue go away.
We are happy to hear everything seems to be resolved.
There are lots of people encountering this error in all variations of the Turbo Tax software. AFAIK, the issue is resolved by restarting the software, which is why it worked for you without making any changes. It is clearly a defect in the software but most people haven't a clue about it. Hopefully, it is fixed in the latest versions.
See: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BTeFQfie-eg