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Level 1
posted Mar 14, 2025 4:49:33 AM

T1198 - "The breakdown of principal (total of boxes 68520 through 68560) must equal the total principal amount (box 68519)." They do equal but I still get this error.

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New Member
Mar 14, 2025 1:33:20 PM

I am receiving the same error.  when I called I was told "The T1198 form is still locked because a final decision has not been made by CRA for Capital Gains". They did not seem to understand that the two have no relation.

New Member
Mar 14, 2025 2:29:54 PM

Same issue over here.  It is very frustrating.  I'm not even sure that it is worth while filing the T1198.  I was hoping to complete my taxes this week but it's looking like it is not possible.  If I had Wealthsimple I'd be done. 

Level 2
Mar 14, 2025 5:35:54 PM

Me as well. Software issue and they are claiming they do not know if or when they will fix it. I say to anyone that needs a T1198 form to use another software than them. Other ones will work. Just take your business somewhere else.  Thanks goodness there are more reliable options

 

Level 2
Mar 15, 2025 6:31:28 AM

The made me pay before I was told I couldn't file. If I hadn't paid already I would have done my taxes elsewhere. DUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUDE. SO MAD.

Moderator
Mar 15, 2025 10:43:44 AM

T1198 form is still locked by CRA and not finalized by CRA yet. Please refer to this link Why does TurboTax say my forms are locked or haven't been finalized? 

We do not have any ETA on this yet but as soon a these forms gets finalize we will be updating them in TurboTax for an accurate calculations.

We appreciate your patience.

Level 2
Mar 15, 2025 2:19:33 PM

This is not a true response. Wealth Simple, you can do your taxes with the form it gets uploaded to NetFile with the T1198 and it is accepted.  I got tired of waiting for TURBO to fix their software and blaming the CRA (which is silly as it is a bug with their software) and had no problems somewhere else. I also did a tax return before the second one on Turbo tax and it uploaded no problem with the T1198. Then the second one no go. Explain that on the CRA. Both have NOA completed. 

 

You might want to look into it before people leave TurboTax over false replies. 

Level 2
Mar 15, 2025 2:22:14 PM

Also, if you read the problem above the form, it is not locked at all, your spreadsheet for the T1198 is not adding up. It is a code file error that one cell is not reading the other one properly. Again a Turbo Tax error. 

Moderator
Mar 16, 2025 10:56:25 AM

@ploder Thanks for feedback. We will pass this on to the assigned department.

T1198 form is still locked by CRA and not finalized by CRA yet. Please refer to this link Why does TurboTax say my forms are locked or haven't been finalized? 

We do not have any ETA on this yet but as soon a these forms gets finalize we will be updating them in TurboTax for an accurate calculations.

We appreciate your patience.

Returning Member
Mar 17, 2025 6:17:46 PM

@TurboTaxAniqua If you're going to keep pasting the same canned response and link could you at least update the page to show the form is "unavailable" or "locked" or whatever excuse is being put out instead of a solution??

 

New Member
Mar 18, 2025 8:49:11 AM

Any idea whether this has been fixed?

New Member
Mar 18, 2025 11:14:25 AM

Still not working for me.

Level 1
Mar 19, 2025 4:27:39 AM

Just tried again. Not working.

Moderator
Mar 19, 2025 7:44:16 AM

We are aware of this issue, and our development team is working for a resolution. We appreciate your patience.

New Member
Mar 19, 2025 3:51:25 PM

The forms are now available but at least for Qc, when selling a principal residence something is going very wrong. The info is entered once, copied by turbotax from the federal to the provincial return, then the turbotax software is somehow calculating different capital gains for the federal and Qc returns. That then generates an error which prevents submission of the provincial tax return. This is pretty stupid and frustrating as there isn't any capital gain to pay on the sale of a principal residence, just the sale needs to be reported.

Moderator
Mar 21, 2025 8:16:12 AM

@ARH2 We are aware of this issue, and our development team is working for a resolution. We appreciate your patience.

Level 1
Mar 21, 2025 8:34:48 AM

Works now, was able to file. thx

Moderator
Mar 21, 2025 1:55:13 PM

Glad to hear that. Thanks for the update! 

Returning Member
Mar 22, 2025 4:20:06 PM

Given this error message: Roderick: On form T1198, the sum of all fields in the Breakdown of Principal section must equal line 68519. Additionally, line 68519 can’t be greater than the sum of lines 10100, 10400, 12799, 12800, and 13000 on your T1 general. Review your entries.

 

Nothing to review.  What do I do?

Moderator
Mar 23, 2025 2:49:11 PM

@Rod46 Please make sure that box 68519 is filled out, and that you've entered your amounts for whatever years you got them for.

 

Returning Member
Mar 23, 2025 4:27:28 PM

 

I fill in 68518 and 68519 and Total principal autofill in.

I then entered in the years relevant.

I still get the error message.

Turbotax seems to be doing something in the background that it does not like.

I  cannot submit my return with an error.  Seems silly to pay for Turbotax and not be able to submit.

Hoping you will help.

 

Moderator
Mar 25, 2025 9:50:49 AM

@Rod46 We suggest you contact our Product support team so they can look into this for you.