Well, you do have to enter those exempt interest/dividends on whatever tax form & box that the Fund or brokerage actually provided to you.....don't move them around yourself to someplace else......(just in case that isn't clear)
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IF the $$ are in box 11 of a 1099-DIV form ...then they go in box 11 of the 1099-DIV form...whether you call them exempt dividends or exempt interest is immaterial. Box 11 $$ make them exempt from Federal taxes (except for some that might be subject to AMT) .
IF the $$ are in box 8 of a 1099-INT form...then that's where they go in the software...box 8 of a 1099-INT.
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That being said...you'd have to better describe exactly what you are looking at.
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IF you are looking at the tax summary menu page...where you are shown a column of $$ for 2020 for all the entries made on the Wages&Income page.....then FYI, the tax software lists
1) the TOTAL of interest plus tax-exempt interest from your 1099-INT entries.
2) The TOTAL of all dividends, AND tax-exempt dividends from your 1099-DIV forms.
But those totals do not reflect what part is being taxed, and what is not.... as long as you entered them all in the proper boxes on the 1099-INT and 1099-DIV forms...they are handled properly in the Federal software and forms.
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LATER: In the "Desktop" software there is an extra Summary page:
"Here's a Picture of Your 2020 Income"
.....that adds in tax-exempt $$ in the total...but again, that is just a summary Total income , and does not indicate whether it is being taxed or not.
(( BUT....you indicated you were using the ""Online" software when you started this question) )
____________*Answers are correct to the best of my knowledge when posted, but should not be considered to be legal or official tax advice.*
