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June 6, 2019
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It says I am not entitled to efile one or more formsets. What does this mean

  • June 6, 2019
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Best answer by GabiU

I just upgraded to MAX, it worked, but had to pay $85, pretty annoying after my girlfriend filed for free, but at least it worked.


Hello! Hopefully this helps 

I get the message "not entitled to efile one of more formsets". 


Please troubleshoot with the options below. If needed, we will investigate your experience.
 Thank you for your participation and patience. 

a. Check Availability
 Please confirm all forms you are filing are available and supported to be e-filed. When will my forms be ready?

(The 8915-E Form is projected to be e-fileable starting 02/24/2021)

b. Sign out, Remove state and try again
 If all your forms are ready and available to be e-filed and you receive this message, please follow the steps below
  1. Sign out of TurboTax.
  2. Sign back in.
  3. E-file the return again.
You may need to remove your state and prepare your state return again to move past the error and successfully e-file

c. Send us your tax file
Still receiving the message? We'd like to take a deeper look at your specific situation. Please attach screenshots, detailed instructions on where you are in the TurboTax Program and a token number. (This token number gives us your tax file with all your personal information removed)

TurboTax Online:  
Click Tax Tools in the menu to the left.
Click Tools, and then
Click Share my file with Agent.
A pop-up message will appear. Click OK to send the sanitized diagnostic copy to us.
Provide the token number that is generated onto this thread.

TurboTax Desktop:
Select Online menu if the customer is using Windows. Select “Help” if using a Mac.
Select Send Tax File to Agent.
A pop-up message will appear, and the customer will select, Send. If using Mac "Send Tax File to TurboTax Agent
Note: Desktop will save a file to your computer unless you uncheck the box.
Another message will appear. Provide the token number that is generated onto this thread.

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February 21, 2021

Just finished submitting my return. I was getting the same message but I had already paid $40 for the TurboTax deluxe plan with PayPal. I thought  this covered all processing fees but it does not!...DONT USE PAYPAL!....instead, if possible for you, just choose the option to have any fees deducted directly from you return instead. After that my return went through (also had to go back and correct some things but don't know if that would have had any effect). Ended up paying for the deluxe plan twice because of this. I always chose the option to deduct from my return in previous years but this time I chose PayPal and got this error message.

February 21, 2021

I’m filing for MD helppp

February 21, 2021

Are you receiving the formset error? If so, please follow the steps posted above by Cass0317. 

@Jhenny

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