My guess here is that each investment house is reporting their 1099 numbers to the IRS in a slightly different fashion. The IRS is comparing these numbers to the TT eFile submission, and in some cases it's OK, and other cases it's not OK. What's missing from some of the threads above is the source of the 1099. My solution outlined above worked for me with TD Ameritrade as the 1099 source. It may not work for 1099s from Fidelity or Schwab, etc. So name names: for those of you still frustrated, who is your 1099 source? Same for those of you who have been successful.
Clearly the IRS has turned up the gain on this way too far. They want us to eFile, but then put in stupid barriers that prevent us from doing so. There may be no single TT solution that works for every one, unless Intuit takes the 1099 source into account, and tailors their submission accordingly...
