How do I get the tax program to not require a third party designee's PIN which it says is missing or invalid when I have no third party designee?

This is for my own personal return so I am the preparer and there is no third party designee.

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I am having the same problem. I did enter that I am the self-preparer and still get the critical diagnostic.

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@ghunter999-gmail That's because I misread the question, thinking the OP was asking about marking the return as self-prepared.

Instead you should do the following:

Go to General > Misc. Info./Direct Deposit;
Click on the Miscellaneous tab;
Scroll down to the Miscellaneous section; and
Under Designee/IRS Discussion, on the line Allow discussion: 1=yes, 2=no, 3=blank [Override], enter 3.

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