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Returning Member
posted Mar 16, 2021 2:07:04 AM

Unable to purchase additional returns

I have filed 11 returns on Turbo Tax Standard 2020, I bought one additional return last week with no issues resulting in 9 at over $25,000 and 2 under $25,000, leaving me with 9 available for under $25,000. I did the upgrade yesterday when I logged in but now when I try to buy additional returns for $19.99 each it tells me I’ve purchased the max allowed. I’ve used a Turbo Tax for 10 years and have always bought extra returns as you can buy up to 12 for over $25,000 as long as you stay within the 20 limit. Called tech support yesterday to report issue and they advised had to buy Premier version but it’s iss with upgrade as worked last week.

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Intuit Alumni
Mar 16, 2021 10:16:06 AM

Sorry to hear you are having this difficulty. In order to help you with this, we will need more information.  Please contact us in private on Social media so we can help you further. You can find us on Facebook or Twitter.

Thank you for your patience.

Returning Member
Mar 17, 2021 3:27:42 AM

What is the Facebook group called

Returning Member
Mar 22, 2021 5:56:02 PM

I have the same issue not able to purchase any more even though I have 6 returns left.  I purchased premier originally not upgrade required.  Grrrr

 

New Member
Apr 1, 2021 12:36:06 PM

I am having the same problem, so the update issue has not been fixed.  Is there anyway to purchase more returns ?

Level 2
Apr 2, 2021 6:06:28 PM

I believe there was an update today, it seems to have corrected my issue.

 

Returning Member
Apr 5, 2021 4:22:14 AM

The update did not fix the issue

Returning Member
Apr 5, 2021 4:23:07 AM

I’m still waiting for Turbo Tax to figure out the issue

Level 1
Apr 8, 2021 2:11:44 PM

did you get this problem figured out? very frustrating

Returning Member
Apr 8, 2021 3:24:59 PM

No calling back tomorrow to check status of the investigation into the issue

Level 1
Apr 9, 2021 7:12:16 AM

I have the solution. I am using the Premiere edition purchased from Costco. First, file all the returns that you can under your first license. Once you've used all that you can, and you need to purchase more returns - go online to Turbo tax and purchase a second premiere Turbotax.  You will get a new license number. On the turbotax program go to the Tools tab, then to License code switch.  Follow the prompts to put in the new license code. And then you are good to go to file more returns.  All the information that you entered for all tax returns will still be there after you change the license code!

Level 1
Apr 9, 2021 7:13:11 AM

I have the solution. I am using the Premiere edition purchased from Costco. First, file all the returns that you can under your first license. Once you've used all that you can, and you need to purchase more returns - go online to Turbo tax and purchase a second premiere Turbotax.  You will get a new license number. On the turbotax program go to the Tools tab, then to License code switch.  Follow the prompts to put in the new license code. And then you are good to go to file more returns.  All the information that you entered for all tax returns will still be there after you change the license code!

Level 2
Apr 9, 2021 7:27:34 AM

This sounds interesting, I will have to check it out when I get home.  Thanks for the details.

Returning Member
Apr 9, 2021 9:35:56 AM

When I first called about the issue they told me to upgrade to Premier edition but they told me it would only give me four more returns and I have 9 still showing as available on my standard edition so that won’t be enough

Returning Member
Apr 10, 2021 4:05:15 AM

Update as of Friday - The investigation into the issue has moved from Tier 2 Tech over to the development team now as Tier 2 was unable to solve the issue so they need the developers to figure out a solution 

Returning Member
Apr 15, 2021 3:25:59 AM

Spent about 1 1/2 hours on phone again with must of been the developers. They had me uninstall and reinstall which didn’t work to solve issue, then modified some of the files in the install, didn’t work. Finally only solution was for me to purchase another Turbo Tax Standard online and do the licence switch under Tools. I have 9 returns left to do all over $25,000 so not sure if it’s going to let me purchase one more or not so fingers crossed. So far I was able to do 4 more out of my 9 remaining.

srill no resolution to the issue however this is a work around for now.