@tomandjerry - "?(1) Why was the TTAX procedure for designating my IRA as a QCD insufficient for the IRS to detect this?"
TurboTax follows the IRS instructions for the correct way to report a QCD. If the IRS missed it then that is an IRS problem and TurboTax can not do anything about it.
And #2 - yes, many others have received the same letters.
Hopefully you mailed your proof to the address on the letter ans referenced the case number on the letter so they can be matched. The IRS is very short handed and busy at this time of year and these cases are handled by hand and anything that required manually processing takes time. Your proof of mailing and delivery are proof that you responded in the time limits.
This seems to be an IRS issue. Either the "QCD" on line 15 is missed when data entry clerks process mailed returns or the IRS processing computers have some sort of glitch. The most TurboTax can do is fill out a proper tax return in accordance with the rules specified by the IRS 1040 instructions for reporting a QCD. There is no additional or other way to report it to the IRS other than that.
IRS 1040 instructions page 15
"Enter “QCD” next to line 15b"
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https://www.irs.gov/pub/irs-pdf/i1040gi.pdf">https://www.irs.gov/pub/irs-pdf/i1040gi.pdf</a>
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