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Level 1
April 23, 2026
Question

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

  • April 23, 2026
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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?

8 replies

IRonMaN
Level 15
April 23, 2026

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

Slava Ukraini!
Skylane
Intuit Community Champion
April 23, 2026

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
April 23, 2026
Level 5
April 23, 2026

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?

Level 2
April 23, 2026

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

BobKamman
Level 15
April 23, 2026

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.  

Level 2
April 24, 2026

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

IRonMaN
Level 15
April 24, 2026

For now, you can't

Slava Ukraini!
Level 5
April 24, 2026

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.

Level 2
April 28, 2026

YES, my AI says there is No Fix Yet.  Really, really frustrating, I think it is harmless but I still need to document it in my workpapers just in case it creates an issue a year or two down the road.

Level 2
April 29, 2026

Proseries has really crapped the bed this year.  

Chessie
Level 4
April 29, 2026

ProSeries downloaded this afternoon a fix to the glitch for Explanation Statement "Amortization of Domestic R&E costs".    When I had called ProSeries, they said were "investigating" the issue and it only affected returns with Depreciable Assets - that matched my experience with my client returns that were "glitching". 

I checked around noon today for an update but there was none.  However, I just now checked again before e-filing another return and saw a new update.  It FIXED the glitch!  Thank you to the team who fixed the issue!  

Level 2
April 30, 2026

I thought I was going crazy, couldn't figure out where it came from or how to delete it.