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I guess it may depend on what page you are looking at.

If you are looking at the  "Here's a Picture of Your 2019 Income " , page in the 2019 column lists all 1099-INT box 8 + all 1099-DIV box 11 on the one line added together.  They are treated as one thing in the actual form 1040...whether you call them exempt-dividend, or exempt-Interest is immaterial to your tax calculations

...and after all, it is just a summary display page, and opinions on how much detail the software should present varies.

My example below...I transferred in form a 2018 tax file that had no exempt-interest/dividends.  But I just tested it with a new file, and the 2018 total from BOTH -INT and-DIV forms is showing accurately .

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However, I suspect you are looking at the Wages&Income menu page.  Those totals are displayed for 2018 differently,  than they do for 2019.  So you are correct about that.    Not sure they will change it at this late date since getting 2019 stuff is far more important.  The 2018 values aren't used in the 2019 tax forms at all, but yeah..could be very confusing for someone who looks closely.  The actual tax forms rule..