I agree that the only way to change to standard from self-employed is to "clear out" data and start over. So my question was: what happens if I don't? The answers per a supervisor on a phone call to the help line is this. 1) it costs about 60$ more for the self-emp'd package, 2) the Q/A process and forms the self-emp'd pkg offers will all be zero or not applicable, 3) the IRS won't care since there is no status change on their end - ie no taxes or costs associated with being self-employed, just the possible business-related expenses or deductions that the turbo tax software guides you to. So I am left with deciding: continue filing with the SE'd software and fix it next year? or weigh the additional software cost against the value of my time to clear out my data and start over with the (Free or) Deluxe package.
