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Level 1
posted Mar 3, 2022 10:14:02 AM

I can't file taxes because I keep getting the following error: "Specify the employment income you want to claim employment expenses on for working at home due to COVID-19. This can be done by selecting ‘yes’ to transferring employment income to form T777S

I keep getting the following error when I go to file my taxes:

"Specify the employment income you want to claim employment expenses on for working at home due to COVID-19. This can be done by selecting ‘yes’ to transferring employment income to form T777S in the applicable T4 slip."

 

I click the "fix" button and it navigates me back to the T4 section where it says:

"Specify the employment income you want to claim employment expenses on for working at home due to COVID-19. This can be done by selecting ‘yes’ to transferring employment income to form T777S in the applicable T4 slip."

 

There is nowhere for me to select "yes" to transferring employment income to form T777S.

 

This is so frustrating!!!!

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20 Replies
Moderator
Mar 9, 2022 12:30:47 PM

You can fix this by going back to your T4 slip and answering “Yes” to the question “Will you claim employment expenses…” at the bottom of the page. You can get back to your T4 Slips by clicking on Find (magnifying glass) in the upper-right corner of your screen. In the Find window, type in “T4” and select “T4 Employment Income”. Click the “Go” button. Click “Edit” next to the T4 you want to change.

Level 1
Mar 9, 2022 8:14:43 PM

I have the same problem. I have already selected "Yes" to the last question about claiming employment expenses.

 

Please help!

New Member
Mar 12, 2022 11:19:42 AM

I am having the exact same problem. I select 'yes' to the T4 income I am claiming employment expenses for due to COVID-19, but it send me back into the loop. It will not allow me to file via netfile because of this 'error;, but there is no 'error' and no way to fix. 

 

This is extremely frustrating because we paid for the tax return edition - and still no help!

Level 1
Mar 13, 2022 11:32:30 AM

I have the same problem, I have selected yes. Feels like a bug of the software, hoping it is being worked on.

 

 

Level 1
Mar 13, 2022 7:43:07 PM

Problem solved for me. I had put some numbers in the Detailed Method's fields, forgot to remove them and then choose to go with the Flat Method. If you leave numbers in Detailed, but file with Flat, it will generate the error until all fields in Detailed are set to 0 or cleared.

 

Hope it helps some of you!

New Member
Mar 17, 2022 6:21:09 AM

Thank you!  This resolved the problem for me as well. 🙂

Level 1
Mar 19, 2022 6:02:08 PM

Perfect!  Man, that was frustrating... but rewarding to finally fix!

New Member
Mar 23, 2022 8:25:27 PM

this solution does not work! and it is very frustrating

 

New Member
Mar 29, 2022 10:41:42 AM

There is still no solution that works for this problem. I have been trying to file my taxes for two weeks. Extremely frustrated.

New Member
Apr 11, 2022 2:10:12 PM

thank you.  YOur post solved the issue.

Level 15
Apr 12, 2022 5:54:07 AM

Great to know that your issue was resolved.

 

Thank you for choosing TurboTax.

Level 1
Apr 20, 2022 4:09:47 PM

@Mathrym : The solution worked for me! I had some numbers saved in the detailed method, once I set them to zero, and selected flat rate method, it let me file. 

New Member
Apr 27, 2022 12:42:31 PM

Hi @Mathrym 

Where did you go to clear these Detailed Method fields? I am stuck in the T4 - fix error loop and can't find them in the Employment Expenses section either... 😩

 

Returning Member
Apr 30, 2022 12:41:20 PM

Praise you Mathrym. I was ready to give up after going through that loop over and over again. No thanks to Turbotax though.

New Member
May 2, 2022 11:30:30 AM

the advice on not leaving numbers in the detailed method helped... thanks

 

Intuit Alumni
May 3, 2022 6:49:38 AM

Happy to be of service. 

Thank you for choosing TurboTax.

Level 1
Jul 25, 2022 10:25:27 PM

OMG THANK YOU - I have literally been at this for months. Such a silly error and unclear on how to fix it.

New Member
Sep 7, 2022 12:07:55 PM

Did you select Yes in your T4

New Member
Mar 18, 2023 8:26:25 AM

That worked (after losing an hour trying to figure it out) - thank you, @Mathrym !

New Member
Mar 31, 2023 10:48:59 AM

OMG thank you! That worked 😊