I "fixed" my issue in a brute force manner. As I wanted to get my taxes done as early as possible, I just decided to uninstall the program and trash all of my files related to that early effort. I then purged the registry and then reloaded TT Deluxe from scratch. The consequence was that I also had to repurchase my State efile ($20). After that reload and update, everything worked as it should have EXCEPT this time I followed the step-by-step and slogged my way through every bit of it. When I e-filed, everything went as it should have the first time. Initially, I entered data using my own order choosing -- not step-by-step. When I toggled between itemized/standard deduction elections, this caused the program to mess up and create bad efile files. I had a heck of a time attempting to correct erroneous entries to no avail. So after a couple of failed efile attempts, that's when I decided to punt and reload EVERYTHING and then enter the data using step-by-step all over again. But it worked, including toggling the standard/itemized deductions option. What a pain (and expense), but I did get the refund in about 10 days from efiling. Never experienced this problem before this year's product. Hope this helps with some insight.
