I only had to deal with INT and DIV forms, so the way I understand it, even though money was earned through interest and dividends, neither was considered capital gains.
I can only assume that when dealing with a 1099 B form which, if sales of stocks/bonds etc occurred and profit was made from these sales (sale price greater than purchase price) then you do have true capital gains.
Did you enter this info in the TurboTax section on your child's taxes under the "Investment Income 1099-B or broker statements" section? If you did, then I can only assume that the info you are looking for should appear when you look at ALL the 8615 worksheets (again, go to print PDF and select ALL worksheets, not just the calculated ones).
When you say it made no difference, do you mean that the taxes owed value did not change?
