I'm confusing myself, Earlier I was referring to 1040s before 2018, so I'll continue with that. For 2018, the lines would indeed be 3a and 3b.
Yes, there are reasons why the Qualified Dividends and capital Gains worksheet might be missing. You don't mention the Ordinary dividends on 9a, but they have to be present too., Also. there are 6 or different worksheets used to calculate taxes, and yours may have been done on another worksheet, such as the Capital Gains Worksheet. Without being able to see your full return, and worksheets, it's impossible to make a guess. I can only tell you what should have have happened in the program if you had filled out all the screens correctly.
