I appreciate that this workaround allows me to choose not to defer my self-employment taxes, but a workaround requiring me to enter and then delete $100,000 of fake income on a product that I am paying $100 to work correctly with my correct information is foolish. I am working online and at this point I may just print out blank forms from the IRS and file for free.
Turbo Tax should own that this is a bug on their part and fix it. I should be able to enter the accurate amount in box 18 on Schedule SE and then choose whether or not this proportion of my taxes is entered on my schedule 3 line 12e. It has nothing to do with the order in which I completed the modules - the program specifically told me to wait until the deductions and credits section to address the self-employment tax deferral and I considered it in the order the deductions and credits were addressed by Turbo Tax.
