Why won't the software accept that I have zero royalties to report?

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March 22, 2021
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I have rental income which I reported on Schedule E, line 3. I do not have royalties so I reported 0 on Schedule E, line 4. However, turbotax continues to insist I review this item ($0 royalties) and won't let me e-file.

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Carl11_2

Employee

Why are you bothering to enter "anything" for royalty income, if you have none? Just delete that from the SCH E and press on.

mlbengtsonAuthor

I have never reported royalties, just rental income. I did go in and delete the "0" from royalties in Schedule E. However, when running the review it continues to prompt me to check that number, even though it is zero. And it refuses to let me e-file although I continue to delete the "0".

Wildflower65

I am having the same issues. I don't know what to do. Do I just go forward?

LenaH

If you are getting this error, it might be because a Schedule E was transferred over your prior year return. If you do not have any royalties for 2020, then you have to delete the form.

Please follow the instructions below to fix your error:

In TurboTax, search for rentals and select the Jump to link at the top of the search results.
Answer No to the question Did you have any rental or royalty income and expenses in 2020 for property you own?
Click on Tools.
Click on Delete a Form.
Scroll down to your forms and look for Schedule E and click Delete.

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Carl11_2

Employee

Scroll down to your forms and look for Schedule E and click Delete.

DO NOT DO THIS! Otherwise, you will delete your rental property and all that depreciation history too.

Work through the "Rental & Royalty Income (SCH E)" section of the program. When you get to the list of your rental and royalties, click the delete button (or trashcan icon) next to the royalty to delete it. That will leave your rental property information and history intact.

mlbengtsonAuthor

Thank you for the suggestion, but I have already tried doing as you suggest to delete the royalty by clicking the trashcan. It disappears, but then when I go into review mode before filing my return, the software continues to ask me to review that number which is shown as "0". It won't allow me to e-file until I "fix" it.

Ninfem

Mine does this SAME THING. I have a rental but it's all reported on a 1099. It won't let me input 0 royalties no matter what and wants me to mail in my taxes now. I can't delete schedule E As I do have a rental.

JulieS

To check to see if you have an incomplete entry that is causing this problem:

Select Federal from the left side menu.
Select Wages and Income toward the top left
Scroll down/ expand the list and look for Rentals and Royalties.
Expand that section and find Rental Properties and Royalties (Sch E).
Click Edit on the right.
You should see a screen with, Your 2021 rentals and royalties summary.
Look carefully at this screen. Make sure your rental is listed as a rental. If you have a royalty listed, you can delete it by clicking the little trash can to the right.

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Zak S

Real Solution!!

This problem caused me lots of stress and frustration. I have the answer for everyone that's having this problem. You cannot electronically file unless you resolve this. This is the solution. Click so the cursor is to the right of the 0. Now use backspace to empty the Box. You don't want to see anything in the box. The box needs to be blank. There's two places that you can type in the amount on the page. Make sure they're both blank. Then continued and the issue is resolved.

Wildflower65

On my Rental and Royalties Summary, it does not indicate type of property, therefore, cannot stop Turbo Tax from prompting me to add in the Royalty field on School E even though on the 1099 misc it is zero

Zak S

This problem caused me lots of stress and frustration. I have the answer for everyone that's having this problem. You cannot electronically file unless you resolve this. This is the solution. Click so the cursor is to the right of the 0. Now use backspace to empty the Box. You don't want to see anything in the box. The box needs to be blank not zero. There's two places that you can type in the amount on the page. Make sure they're both blank. Then continued and the issue is resolved.