Thanks for the reassurance.
Someday I hope Intuit will fix the UI, because the sentiment "I had to make up some data to blunder my way through this form" is uncomfortable when one is dealing with the federal government. The fix would be a UI that asks questions like
Does the 1099 have a blank date? [x] Yes { does not raise an error, because it's a truthful answer }
In that case, enter the correct date |_____|
