After completing a draft of my taxes, I ran the Turbotax's Review. It "found" two errors that are problematic.
Persistent Error. The analysis says I have an unacceptable number ($300) in my Charitable contributions on 1040/1040SR worksheet (line 12b). I agree that would be in error, so I changed it (to the $600 to which we're entitled as married filing jointly). I confirmed that my edited amounts appear in the Forms view. I then saved the file, closed TurboTax, launched TurboTax again, reopened the file, checked in Forms view that the $600 is showing correctly. I then ran the Review again and the error returned. I can do this repeatedly (eventually I stopped expecting a different result). TurboTax is changing the number and then telling me I've done it wrong. It's pretty darned annoying to have my tax preparation software gaslighting me.
False Error: TurboTax is telling me that I've failed to enter Advance payments on Schedule 8812. We don't use Schedule 8812; we have no dependents and aren't entitled to any credits claimed on that form. I've done nothing knowingly to add Schedule 8812 to my return. I've confirmed that Schedule 8812 does not appear anywhere in Form view. But TurboTax repeatedly informs me that I've got Schedule 8812 in my packet and haven't filled it out completely. I'd remove it, but I can't delete a form that doesn't exist except in TurboTax's over-active imagination.
How can I get TurboTax to stop finding and creating these errors?
