Bugs in 2024 Deluxe

MikeDemler · ‎February 28, 2025

This was in previous versions as well: In the initial step-by-step for "You & Your Family".
- I indicated NO, I don't want to file this return with my spouse
- Selected None of the above for my wife (a) will claim itemized deductions, (b) didn't live with me, and (c) was a nonresident alien,
- Clicked None of the above for (a) spouse had no income and (b) will not file a return
- Clicked No for someone else can claim my spouse as a dependent
- Then, TurboTax software goes back to the beginning, and makes me go through those two pages about my spouse all over again!
After importing my 2023 return, I indicated that I won't be using the business income and expenses from last year. Yet, when I did the final check, TurboTax indicated that I failed to fill in a form based on my 2023 automobile expenses!
An apparently new feature this year, regarding Form 2210 AI: TurboTax does calculations according to the Annualized Income Installment Method behind the scenes, rather than asking for my input. It then indicates an error during the final review, because I never entered the information! Catch-22 anyone? I suspect that it does this calculation because I've input my quarterly estimated tax payments, which change in accordance with my irregular income. Last year, because one incurs a penalty if they didn't pay the right amount in each Estimated pay period, TurboTax instructed me to go through this step-by-step. Looks like another case of trying to oversimplify the process through too much automation, when more input is needed from the user.
I live in a state with no state income taxes, and indicated that I don't have income from another state. Yet, after completing my Federal return, Turbotax keeps bugging me to not forget my State return!