Error: Form 1116 is not required
This error occurs when the return includes Form 1116 but line 8 shows no foreign taxes paid or accrued and line 10 shows no foreign tax credit carryovers from prior years.
Error message
Form 1116: This return includes a Form 1116, but Form 1116 is not required because no foreign taxes paid or accrued are reported on line 8 and no foreign tax credit carryovers from prior years are reported on line 10. To inactivate Form 1116, go to Organizer / Foreign Tax Information / Foreign Tax Credit / Foreign Tax Credit Options and select the Claim the credit without filing Form 1116 (Automatic) checkbox. If this box is checked the form will not be e-filed or printed.
Solution
- Go to .
- Mark theClaim the credit without filing Form 1116 (Automatic)checkbox.
- Do a full recompute, then recreate the e-file.
- If Form 1116 still appears, go to .
- Verify that Form 1116 is not marked.
note
When you mark the
Claim the credit without filing Form 1116 (Automatic)
checkbox, Form 1116 and related statements won’t appear in the e-filed return or print-preview.