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Schedule SC - Massachusetts Septic Credit Issue

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February 18, 2020
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I thought I would give this a try! State of MA: Turbo Tax indicated that I had Unused Septic Credits for 2015, 2016, 2017 @ $1500/yr. So I continued with Interview and with TTax filling out Line 1a/1b it determined that I had a $47 Septic Credit? When doing Smart Check the only error in State was for Schedule SC Line 1a: "Line 1a must be a compliant Tax Year"? Well the year septic was installed was 11/08/2013: I'm aware that the Date is quite old but Turbo Tax is requesting me to fill out and submit! I can't change the Letter of Compliance date nor can I delete the Schedule SC. It reappears each time I run Smart Check producing the same Error.

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MAK70

Try following the link to see how to delete the form from your tax return. How do I view and delete forms in TurboTax Online?

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jmacpoAuthor

Thanks Mary: Deleting the Schedule SC is my last choice! I'm trying to understand the fact that TT is telling me I have $4500 in Unused Credits and I qualify for a $47 credit yet it also tells me that my "Letter of Compliance" is not a compliant Tax Year? How can both be correct? Also if I have $4500 in Unused Credits why isn't the amount larger than $47?

Part 2: On deleting Schedule SC! All information seems to refer to the Online Version of Turbo Tax yet I have the CD Version. With this version every time I delete the form, it disappears then returns with the Smart Check Error still being indicated in the results! Could you also help me out on this as it should be the easier solution

DaveF1006

Have you gone through the questions regarding the Septic question in your Mass state return. You will need to go through the questions until you reach a page that says Unused Septic Credit Carryovers. You would need to look at your 2018 Schedule SC line 15 column C and update the information.

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RobertM3

TurboTax continues to have this problem with Massachusetts Schedule SC in tax year 2022. I have logged over 5 hours with help desk trying to get this resolved. In my opinion they have a software glitch that they are unwilling to recognize. The problem is the carryover of any unused credit. Massachusetts says you can take the credit over five years starting in the year that the work was done. TurboTax tries to carry the credit into the sixth year and doesn't delete the prior information even though the credit can no longer be taken. I was told they think they can carry it over 5 years, but then they don't give the option to enter it into a sixth year.

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MassRes2

This is ridiculous. We had our septic fixed 5 years ago and collected our tax credit but can't delete the form despite following the instructions to delete a form. So it keeps coming up as an error that the tax year is not compliant because it is outside the 5-year window. And due to the error that we cannot fix, we can't file our taxes electronically with TurboTax despite paying the fee for State Tax preparation. Turbo tax, you need to fix this glitch!

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MassRes2

Just wanted to update the group on a way around this. The glitch remains and the form is still listed during the state review with your prior year's information despite trying to remove it. However, during the state review, you can change the issue date to the current date (or probably any date less than 5 years ago), and as long as the credit is set to zero, the form will not be included in the actual tax filing.