*** UPDATE ***
So, I went ahead an risked just entering a "0" on line 18 as I did not want to defer paying my SE Taxes. My tax refund amount was unaffected.
I filed Wednesday night and within an hour the FEDERAL filing was ACCEPTED. The next day my STATE was ACCEPTED.
It is not my advice if you're looking to sue me at a later day, but I do advise as someone who risked it - just enter 0 and go forth. Others have and had no issues and I can confirm I did the same and had no issues.
HOWEVER - when I went to e-file, I got a vague error saying some or all of my forms could not be e-filed with absolutely NO information on how to find out what forms they were. So I called and talked to Malichi, who was very helpful. It turns out TT also has a bug this year with their State e-filing. I know it's a bug because I have never had an issue in over 15 years of using TT to file. Anyway, you have to delete your State, e-file the fed, then redo your state (hopefully everything updates properly or you have to re-enter it) and then e-file your state taxes. IT'S A PAIN IN THE A$$!
TT has been absolutely not worth it this year and based on all their issues - I will not be using them next season.
