@AmyCOk, entering in a 0 seemed to solve that problem. I wonder why it wasn't doing that automatically when I told the software to skip that portion about deferment, as it told me to do if I didn't want to defer.
The 1099-NEC issue is apparently a glitch known by turbotax and being explored. On the worksheet Box 1 it wants to, yet fails to, populate the Link to Schedule C text box on the worksheet. It instructs me to navigate back to the Income & Expenses section of turbotax, then back to the part about my 1099 and make sure all the necessary info is entered. I did that and it still says the same warning every time I try to e-file and will not let me continue.
