Yeah....I've seen that on empty carry-over 1099-R forms that are re-used from last year, and only happens with those folks using the "Online" software. Certainly, gazillions of returning Users are being confused by this behavior, but are just muddling thru with it..adn occasionally screwing things up for themselves by actually making entries in boxes that should be entirely empty.
Don't know what TTX is up to by doing that. Probably a software manager who didn't fully test the results of some program team's software change....certainly it would have to be some software change with unintended consequences. Maybe too late to fully fix it this year, as that kind of bug is likely embedded in a way that would require a really major effort.
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