Error: Form 8867 Paid Preparer's Due Diligence Checklist

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Form 8867 Paid Preparer's Due Diligence Checklist: You have taken the Child Tax Credit, Additional Child Tax Credit, or the Credit for Other Dependents but have not completed the required Form 8867. Go to Organizer / Credits / Child Tax Credit / Form 8867 / Paid Preparer Selection and generate a Form 8867 by selecting Yes under the include column for the applicable paid preparer that did the work on this credit. Then fill out the Form 8867 organizer that generates below the paid preparer selection screen. The penalty for failure to meet the due diligence requirements with respect to returns and claims for refund is $635 per credit per return.

Solution

Go to
Organizer
Credits
.
Go to the
Child Tax Credit
(or the credit you are taking), then the
Form 8867
folder.
Go to the
Paid Preparer Selection
folder.
In the
Include
column, select
Yes
for at least 1 preparer.
When you select
Yes
, a folder will show following
Paid Preparer Selection
with the name of the preparer you selected.
In that folder, enter the information for
Form 8867
.
Do a full recompute, then recreate the e-file.