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Is anyone else having a random Explanation statement generated in 2025 files today?

montgomery
Level 1

Today 4/23/26, every file I open in my 2025 Proseries system has inexplicably generated an Explanation statement that is titled "Amortization of Domestic Research and Experimental costs."  This is happening in both unfiled and filed returns.  Anyone else have this issue?

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IRonMaN
Level 15

Yup, someone reported it yesterday that it started happening after they did an update.


Slava Ukraini!
Skylane
Level 12
Level 12

No idea where it's coming from (or what it means) but yes... showing up on filed and unfiled returns.... I think the moderators all left for summer vacation....  no clue

If at first you don’t succeed…..find a workaround
sjrcpa
Level 15
anniebear
Level 3

Yeah, but worse, it won’t let me delete it! I keep trying remove the form, but it doesn’t! Anyone know how to do it?

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ProfHal
Level 2

Glad to see I'm not the only one!  Inexplicable!

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sjrcpa
Level 15

per the link I posted "you can override the wording to leave it blank"


The more I know the more I don’t know.
RVAFA
Level 1

Well, glad to know it's not because I entered something weird to generate this.

Thanks for posting this issue.

 

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BobKamman
Level 15

They did this the same day they started issuing renewal notices for next year's program.  Sign up now and you'll get the password for removing the glitch.  

DSK-78Kal-48
Level 1

This just showed up on 4-23-26 in a tax return that is to be filed. How do I get rid of it?

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IRonMaN
Level 15

For now, you can't


Slava Ukraini!
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anniebear
Level 3

Just spoke to Intuit. Still working on it.

would like to know if I efile with the weird statement since I can’t dump it, do you think the IRS will know it’s erroneous? Intuit says yes, no problem. Would like some opinions please.

thanks.

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IRonMaN
Level 15

I haven't updated since this issue popped up, but if the issue hasn't created any bogus numbers to float around in the returns it shouldn't hurt anything e-filing the return.


Slava Ukraini!
BobKamman
Level 15

Just as the major religions of the world cannot agree on the true path to God, there are different beliefs about how to provoke an audit by IRS.  Take your pick. 

1) We know enough about the IRS audit selection process and this is not something that would cause them to look at a return. 

2) We doubt that even IRS knows today how it will go about selecting returns for audit next year, so it cannot be known whether this makes any difference.