Please Add Form 8864 Biodiesel and Renewable Diesel Fuels Credit

[The_AntiTax_Man]

Please Add Form 8864 Biodiesel and Renewable Diesel Fuels Credit

Here is the efile Error Message generated in ProSeries:

Your client's federal return is not eligible for electronic filing due to the following reason:  You have an amount on Form 3800, Part III, Line 1l from Form 8864.  ProSeries does not support this information to filed electronically.  

[IRonMaN]

On behalf of Intuit thank you for visiting the Intuit wishing well.  Please deposit any loose change you may have into the well if you would like your wishes to even have the slightest chance of coming true.  Actually dropping in a credit card into the well will give you a better chance for those wishes to come true.

[The_AntiTax_Man]

Thanks for the VOTE @IRonMaN 

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[IRonMaN]

You betcha!

[The_AntiTax_Man]

See @IRonMaN , they do really care about us.  LOL

From Admin Al post:

What's new in ProSeries® Tax 2020

Thanks to your feedback, we’ve made Intuit® ProSeries® Tax better than ever. From smart security features to all-new e-file capabilities, you can count on ProSeries to help make this tax year the best it can be.

Database replacement: To ensure you get alerts when you need them, we’ve delivered platform enhancements and an upgraded database to help deliver higher quality and reliability in ProSeries in tax year 2020 and beyond.

Better filtering options for heightened efficiency: For tax year 2020, you will be able to drill down with multiple column filters and search functionality to locate single return or group of returns.

Improved stability: We’re making ProSeries more reliable by studying the issues that generate the most calls from customers like you. Plus, you can access helpful articles when you get an error message if you prefer to troubleshoot the issue on your own.

Community: Listening to your ideas

ProSeries Tax Idea Exchange: Now you can share your ideas with us and get updates on their status – under review, accepted, or implemented.

[IRonMaN]

"Community: Listening to your ideas"

Just for clarification purposes, if you look in the dictionary, "listening" and "doing" do not mean the same thing.  Along those same lines, I wonder if Intuit will be satisfied next year if I tell them that I "listened" to my ProSeries invoice or if they actually are going to make me "pay" the invoice.  As a side note, I think up these ideas during the day so these kinds of thoughts don't keep me up at night. 😴

[The_AntiTax_Man]

The official motto of ProSeries Tax Idea Exchange:

Got a great idea?

Share it with us and we may build it.

[The_AntiTax_Man]

The tax preparer unofficial motto:

Git'er done!

[Dells]

I am renewing my 20th annual request to add Form 8864 to the ProSeries software!! 

My client just received a $20,000 Notice of Intent to Levy from the IRS because we were forced to mail his 50 page 2019 return to the IRS due to ProSeries not having a simple half-page Form 8864.  When we mailed the return to the IRS, they lost his QBID Form 8995-A and recalculated the tax.  After several calls to the IRS and 2 days on hold the last IRS agent told us there is nothing he can do.  This could have all been avoided if ProSeries had included a simple 12 line Form 8864 so the return could be e-filed.  I think next year we will look elsewhere for our tax software!!!

[Dells]

More problems with ProSeries not having Form 8864. 

Follow-up to my post on 01-12-2021.  After more than 15 hours on hold with the IRS and then taking our client to the local IRS office, we finally resolved the $20,000 fiasco caused by ProSeries not allowing us to e-file his 2019 tax return.  We can't charge our client for all this wasted time! 

Here is the latest: We had to mail thirteen 2020 tax returns to the IRS last year because ProSeries still does not allow e-filing when claiming the Biodiesel and Renewable Diesel Fuels Credit on Form 8864.  So far, we have received notices that 8 of those tax returns were never received by the IRS even though they show a credit for the taxes paid by check mailed in the same envelope with those returns.  I am so tired of this crap!!  Why can't ProSeries get their sh** together and add a simple half-page, 12-line, Form 8864 to their software?

It is too late to switch tax software for 2021 but next year, after using ProSeries since 1996, we are definitely looking elsewhere. 

[The_AntiTax_Man]

@Dells Thanks for the VOTE!