Try deleting the W-2 input page. On W-2 input screen, right click on the screen, then click on remove page... 

Then go back to 2555 and enter W-2 earnings...

Please refer to #2 - if the wages are not entered on the W-2 page then I get 7 critical diagnostics and it says file return on paper with client in Japan

Did you delete the input screen for the W-2? What errors are you seeing?

There's a "business rule" from the IRS that says you can't efile if you don't have a laundry list of things, one of which is non-excluded income.  Isn't there a Wells Fargo account somewhere that earned $0.17 of interest?  Round up to $1 and put it on Sch B.  Or what about that $1 they won on a scratch-off lottery ticket, that's income.

Let us know if you're not good to go with $1 of other income somewhere.

yes interest and dividend income there and not excluded

Just realized this is PTO and not ProSeries.  Is there a checkbox somewhere on the 2555 input that indicates the wages were entered elsewhere?

@itonewbie hasn't been around in a while but let's see if the bat-signal works.

The IRS requires the total withholding amount on form 1040 to be less than the total of specific categories of income. Please search 1040 withholding in proconnect tax search bar