@JohnB5677
I somewhat disagree with you with regards to “prevention”
1. Users should not have to alter the information any form provided them by a payer
2. if this condition raises a “flag”, it should do so when you create and save your forms, NOT after TurboTax has “reviewed” your return, deemed it error-free, and attempted the e-file
3. this condition is not as unusual as you stated, and others in this thread have said they had the same condition in previous years and it did NOT cause filing errors previously. I will have the same situation every year until my broker decides to change the composition of my income source(s). That is not up to me.
perhaps a better solution is for TurboTax to perform more edits and throw an error - or at least a warning - if this condition exists at “save” time. Even better, it should identify the pieces of information on the form that as a combination can assure a unique entry without having to manipulate the reported amounts! That way, they will never create a file to be transmitted that has “duplicate” data for the IRS.
The sooner a potential error is caught, the better. And it prevents us users from having heart palpitations from seeing “IRS” and “REJECTED” in an email.
