Check says Hdeduc is marked as estimated but it doesn't show and I can't unmark it.

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June 5, 2019
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Return check says Hdeduc is marked as estimated but it doesn't show and I can't unmark it.

TurboTax Deluxe Windows

Best answer by jeff18

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I got some help from the TurboTax. It is a program glitch. Just go into forms mode, delete the form causing the problem ( after you copy all of the info out of it) then reenter the same info. Problem solved.

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javaengineer

So this has been a bug for at least two years running. The OP evidently was working on 2017 returns, but I just hit this bug while working on (late) 2016 returns with TT 2016. The Recommended Answer was helpful: I had to delete the worksheet. To be sure it was correct, after deleting the worksheet, I went into forms mode and looked up the worksheet, and it was generated and appeared to be correct. The only difference between the problematic worksheet and the regenerated worksheet was the first field on the page, which had a value of zero on the problematic worksheet and was blank on the regenerated worksheet. I think this probably happened because when filling in the form for the Social Security 1099, I had originally marked multiple fields as estimated. Even though I removed the estimated markings before running Smart Check, apparently that was too late to avoid encountering this TT BUG.

pcelias

Well, it's MORE than 2 years now. Working on the 2020 tax returns and I now get these same message ... Sheesh, I wish they'd fix it...

jphilippou

In FORMS view, I deleted the supporting details for the line with the error and entered the total without any details. It still reported the field as an error, so I marked it as Estimate (F8), still flagged as an error, but when I Unmarked it as an estimate, the error disappeared!

sjonescrg

Called customer service and found an easier solution - Use the step-by-step method to review all the entries on the Medical Expenses Worksheet. I didn't have to change anything just click through each step again. We were looking any field shown as estimated (found none) and when we got to the end the red exclamation point (!) indicating an error was gone. I was then able to file my return.

I don't know what made it go away but since it shouldn't have been there anyway, I assume we somehow bypassed the bug. Hope this works for others.

akphoneguy

I ran into this same problem, and had been through the step-by-step process multiple times. Removing the worksheet 'solved' the problem, but I was not happy to have to re-enter all the values on the worksheet. I also don't believe that I had ANY medical entries ever marked estimated. I had one area that had a worksheet behind it (in which I deleted all the entries). Pretty ridiculous to have to do this to fix a coding error.

johncorwin

I ran into the same problem. The suggested workaround worked for me, but if Intuit has known about this problem for months (or years?), why don't they fix it.

jphilippou

Third year in a row I've experienced this bug. What a pain in the A**!

Last year I was able to mark it as an estimate, then clear the mark as estimate. This year, that trick didn't work 😠.

I have so many supporting details that I refuse to type back in; instead I did a print preview of medical worksheet to save the details to a file for record keeping, then just put the totals in the form after deleting the buggy form.

tpbgolfing

you should really fix this software glitch, this is the third year in a row that this error occurs.

FIX IT!!!!!

JackMitchell

They still haven't fixed it in the 2020 version! Really?

reeldeal

Like others have written, this is a recurring issue. I have it again with TT Home&Business for 2020. Unfortunately, deleting the form, saving the return, exiting TT, opening TT, and completing the Medical Expenses section - twice, so far - doesn't fix the problem.

Could there be some carryover from my 2019 return that is causing this????

I would appreciate any other ideas.

jphilippou

I think the issue is definitely copied in when you import your returns from the previous year. Last year I deleted the form an just put the totals needed in the return. This year the problem was gone for me.

rkad29

Have been dealing with this since 2019 on Home & Business and apparently it existed even earlier. COME ON TURBOTAX, AREN'T YOU EMBARRASSED? Each year I've had to work around it differently. This year it was a showstopper: couldn't efile after paying for it. Our returns are too long to print... the added expense of over a ream of paper, 9x12 envelopes, toner, the gas and postage and my time. Seriously TurboTax, I think it's time to switch to one of your competitors. HEDUC error was on my Medical expense form which I didn't want to redo but after none of the other tricks listed worked, I did. Printed out the form and supporting data, deleted, walked through the interview to start Medical and recreate the form, then immediately switched to Forms View and retyped only the totals manually into form. Efile finally worked.