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Dude3145

Question

Business Income and Expenses ' Needs Review'?

Forum|Forum|1 year ago
January 30, 2025
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Turbotax Home and Business 2024.

Business Income and Expenses>

Profit and Loss from Business 2024........ 'Needs Review.' >

Click on Business... Edit>

Everything pertaining to business income, cog, expenses, etc.........

Nothing is marked 'Needs Review.'

Why is it still needing review when there is nothing highlighted?

Just updated the forms. Still says, 'Needs review.'

Thanks for your help.

TurboTax Home & Biz Windows

DawnC

Employee

Go ahead and scroll down to the bottom of the page and click on Continue. The Needs Review message will NOT prevent e-file. Before you file the return(s), TurboTax will take you through a Complete Check and will flag any errors that will prevent e-filing then. You can continuing preparing your returns and ignore the needs review messages. If there are any errors on the return, the Complete Check in the final review section will prompt you to make changes before submitting the return(s).

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Dude3145Author

Thanks for the reply.

I have quadruple checked everything and continued through smart check.

Everything is correct to either e-file or print file.

However, when I check the business section I see the 'needs review' highlighted.

I would like to see this updated. I can't figure out what the hang up is. When I go into all the other business sections, profit and loss, there is nothing highlighted 'needs review.'

Is there a checkmark I'm not seeing or a field that needs to entered as $0?

Very concerning.

Thanks

Jenndy43

Same thing with me. Everything is correct and ready to efile but NEEDS REVIEW wont go away. .

I'm afraid if I efile though with a NEEDS REVIEW present then next year things won't be transferred over correctly!

TT needs to fix this, it's their bug.

johngeffel

This problem has plagued me all day. I’ve been on support calls off and on all day as well to try resolve After several support reps and escalation a case has been filed with software tech to look into it. I suspect that it is due to an unchecked field that is caused by the software not retaining a selection although I’ve tried to narrow it down without resolving it. The final check should catch it but it isn’t and the forms seem to be ok. I’ve used this software for over a decade and never had this kind of problem. I even reinstalled and reinput all my data, to no avail. Because I’m seeing others with the same problem I’m pretty sure it’s not operator error. If I find out there’s a fix I’ll post it here.

earth777

same issue here... cant seem to clear it

manbeing

Employee

As of today, Feb 16, I am still getting the error--- Needs Review. I am sure I have gone over all the questions.

PatriciaV

Employee

We would like to research this experience in more detail. It would be helpful to have a TurboTax ".tax2024" file to test this issue further.

If you would be willing to send us a “diagnostic” file that has your “numbers” but not your personal information, please follow these instructions:

In TurboTax Desktop, open your return and go to Online in the TurboTax header. (On a Mac computer, choose Share or Help.)

Choose Send Tax File to Agent.
You will see a message explaining what the diagnostic copy is.  Click Send on this screen and wait for the Token number to appear.
Reply to this thread with a screenshot of your Token number (this avoids Community filters for numbers with a dash) and tag (@) the Expert requesting the token from you.
Please include any States that are part of your return - this is VERY important.

If we obtain better information, we'll reply here.

@Jenndy43

@xiaoasset

@manbeing

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manbeing

Employee

@PatriciaV

Here is the token. The return passed the final analysis and check in turbotax, but Business income and expenses still shows 'Needs Review'. Please do keep us updated. Thanks!

DanTheMan

Same problem here. Business Income and Expenses keeps showing "Needs Review". I walked through every menu item to 'Update', even when there was noting to enter. Final screen before this has all the numbers right.

TT needs to fix this ASAP. Recall a similar problem a few years back regarding 1099-NEC, where TT kept flagging the input even though it was correct.

Guess I'm glad it's not just me.

BarryGraham

This is happening to me too and now the form won't be ready until Feb 22nd. Every year there is a new issue that stops filing early.

dcolacino

Really not helpful that TT can't just explain where it's coming from so we can all stop asking and theorizing.

pet2020

I am having the same issue and it is not completing the forms correctly - can turbo tax please reply when this will be fixed?

manbeing

Employee

@pet2020 could you elaborate on " it is not completing the forms correctly"

msbrand

Wishing I kept track of how much time I've wasted due to this problem. Was ready to pay the $60 for help then I was finally smart enough to do this search. Not MY problem. Ridiculous. Turbo Tax since 2007. I see commercials about how easy it is to transfer to H&R Block and wonder why someone would want to. Maybe I've found a reason.