I was able to get a QOF transaction into Form 8949 by adding it as a separate "additional sale" (unreported) in 1099B Investment Income -- as a negative amount.
This same thing is suggested elsewhere in this thread, but the particulars of how to do it in TT were not provided. The "negative amount" reporting is also suggested on the IRS guidance for form 8949 at https://www.irs.gov/pub/irs-pdf/i8949.pdf. (look at the bottom right of page 9 / top of page 10 of the pdf).
The rest of this is my own personal "hack" -- I am NOT a CPA or professional tax person - so take the advice as such....
I entered the transaction date to match the long term gain being deferred. There is no guidance for how to do this in TT, as the IRS instructions suggest you don't need to track the deferral to a specific gain - only if it's deferring a long or short term gain - box C or F. I couldn't figure out any other way to "force" the transaction in TT into long term (column F) except for back dating it b/c you have to provide some date for it in the software (can't leave it blank).
I had to go to the forms to enter the proper name and account number for the QOF provider, which then allowed me to edit it in the interview.
The form looks right after all of this -- but the IRS will be the ultimate judge of it.
