I screened shared with Intuit Agent Vanessa and she was unable to assist. She claims it is a known issue by their engineers. I told her if Intuit can't fix it within a week I will request a refund on the product.
Did you confirm preparer name is set and the file is not locked?
Preparer name is filled and I don't understand your comment on the file being locked. I can enter information in any of the numerous worksheets and schedules and save the file so I assume this means the file is not locked. How would one find out if the file is locked?
It was not anything I had entered as Intuit updated the program and I no longer getting the Validate Error, but alas the Financial Institution 1099 import is still not working for brokerages. See my latest update of 3/1/2021.