That section can be kinda finicky. Read this whole answer below first on how to correct that section. Some of this answer may not specifically apply to your situation, but when you read the overall answer, you'll understand how things flow in that section and how to get it corrected. The important part is to not make the edits or entries on the actual Schedule C, Part V itself, but to preferably use the Interview Mode (step-by-step), or secondarily the new Schedule C Worksheet explained below.
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Are these entries you are editing in Forms Mode new entries you made in Interview Mode? Or did you have some transferred-in expenses from 2016?
Transferred-in expenses that come in from 2016 and any new expenses that you entered from the Interview Mode cannot be edited directly
on the
actual Schedule C, Part V in Forms Mode. Those
expenses are actually being pulled from the new Schedule C Worksheet. When you are in Forms Mode, in the left-column forms list it is called Schedule C Wks.
The expenses can
be edited either on the new Schedule C Worksheet or preferably in the Interview Mode
(step-by-step mode). And when entered in one of those 2 places, it
"should" flow to all 3 places correctly. If you try to edit it on the
actual Schedule C, Part V, however, you'll experience bizarre
behavior with
uneditable fields that move around.
While in Forms Mode, look in the left column list of forms, and select the Schedule C Worksheet
(may be abbreviated as Schedule C Wks). On the Worksheet you can
scroll way down to "Miscellaneous Expenses", and then in that subtopic
scroll further down to "Other expenses." You should be able to
edit/delete any transferred-in expenses there on the Worksheet. Then check the Schedule C, Part V
to be sure your changes flowed correctly to the Schedule C, Part V.
The
other way (and the preferable method) would be use the interview mode
(step-by-step) to edit the 2016 transferred expenses. Other
Expenses entered from interview mode flow first to the Schedule C
Worksheet, and then to Schedule C, Part V.
Here is another oddity, and is problematic:
Surprisingly, it MIGHT let you enter a new expense directly on Schedule C, Part V, but it should
NOT be entered there. If you enter a new expense there directly on
Schedule C, this new expense does NOT flow backward to the Schedule C
Worksheet, and it does not flow back to the interview screen in
Interview Mode. So it would not be consistent with the Worksheet or the
Interview. The new total does flow back to the Interview in the
2017 column summary, but on the interview screen, it's not showing in
the listed expenses and amounts.
So for your expenses in Part V you can edit them either
on the Schedule C Worksheet or (preferably) in the Interview Mode. A
new or edited expense entered in the
Interview Mode does appear to flow correctly to both the Schedule C
Worksheet
first and then to Schedule C, Part V.
I would recommend all entries and edits for Schedule C Part V
and all new "other expenses" be done in Interview Mode to assure that
everything flows correctly. At least until things are toned up in this section. In any case, once you have corrected and entered all "other expenses", review them in all 3 places---the
Interview Mode screens, the Schedule C Worksheet, and the Schedule C
itself--to be sure all has flowed correctly and that it is consistent in
all 3 places.
And when all "other expenses" have been edited and entered, verify that the total of your "other expenses" is correct on your Schedule C, Line 48 and Line 27a.
