Hi,
I'm done now and ready to file. I don't really have a question, so much as a request for better support from TurboTax for those of us doing tax returns for deceased persons (usually parents, spouses, or close relatives, I guess). TurboTax asks if the person is deceased and so knows I replied "yes". But it does not seem to know the rules for a 1310 - I had to learn about the form on the IRS website, then go into "forms" on TurboTax and fill it out myself. And then my frustration built when I went to print the return and TurboTax would not print the 1310. i opened the form went to the "print" option and, in fact, the "print" option is not a "print" option like any other program - what it really means is "print return" - tricky and unexpected. You have to look past "print" to "print form." TurboTax still acted like I should file the return electronically, even though it knew at one point that electronic filing was not allowed in my case.
All that to say that better support for deceased persons tax returns is something I wish TurboTax would prioritize for 2021. Doing a tax return for someone who is deceased is (thankfully) a rare occurrence, but obviously it happens a lot every year. Normal TurboTax users are hopefully only going to do this once or twice in their lives - I wish TurboTax would make it easier.
What do you think? Did I somehow miss the whole the part where TurboTax makes this easy?
Chris
