" I have been doing this for over 22 years and never has that worked. "
Never is a pretty strong statement.
So what you are saying is that in the '22 years," you have been using this workaround it has never worked.
This AGI request is a recent IRS security measure, not something you've dealt with for 22 years.
TurboTax rounds everything on the screen to the nearest dollar but since you don't actually know the format is used in submitting the raw data to the IRS, and it does not appear on your return, you don't know if $0.00 was sent to the IRS ... unless you tried it both ways as I did.
It does not take long to try it and the IRS responded with a Rejected or Accepted email in just a couple of hours.
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I have nothing to be gained from this post except sharing my success with those who are looking for answers that the product we paid for does not supply.
