Thank you Mike9241. That's what I suspected because I did my tax returns manually on paper for about 45 years and know that information was never included on the IRS forms. And I see it isn't used when I go into the "Forms" view in TT.
Although I'm glad that Turbotax finally stopped requiring entries that are not needed simplifying the process, I hate the new 1099 format this year. I liked it much better the way it was last year and before. Too much screen wasting imagery and theatrics for something so simple. Stick to straightforward black and white lists of the 1099s that you can easily click to edit that doesn't require so much scrolling and link clicking.
Having the information icons is fine, but please stop with all the unnecessary graphics.
