Electronic Filing Instructions Incorrect (Mac Desktop Version)

I used TT Premier on the Mac desktop.  I owed taxes.  Told TT to debit from my checking account on April 8th.  Yes, I understand the IRS is behind and have not done this yet.  Fine.

 

Page 1 of the PDF file generated by TT has a section for Balance Due/Refund.  It has a similar summary cover page for my State Taxes which is correct (shows account/routing number, amount, date).

 

For Federal, it only shows:

 

Balance Due/ Refund

"Your federal tax return (Form 1040) shows a balance due of $. Mail your completed Form 1040-V with included payment made payable to the | United States Treasury by May 17, 2021. Make sure you sign your check and write your social security number and "Form 1040-V" on the check."

 

That is an exact copy of the text.  "$."  And my return has no 1040-V.  Now, if the IRS had already taken the money from my account I wouldn't sweat this and be fine.  Since the IRS has broken systems, I am concerned about this TT bug.  See, if the IRS comes to me and says "you filed but didn't pay on time" I have no paperwork to show otherwise.  I have TT telling me I owe "$.' and to send a 1040-V that TT never generated.  I'd really like for my PDF file (which I keep for my records) to print correctly -- even the summary page.  My actual tax forms look correct.

 

In my own I discovered the "Federal Information Worksheet" form that does show to debit my account and shows the amount and account number; this doesn't save when you save to PDF; (generates a nice indexed PDF).  Instead I have to print to PDF which is less desirable.

 

Called tech support.  4 separate agents, two who contacted "agent support" (who suggested I switch PDF readers).  Yeah that was pointless.

 

So posting this here in case others hit this or in case somebody in authority at TT can take a look at it.

 

Net:  I owe money.  I filed online and told TT to debit my bank account.  The filing instructions (page 1 of PDF) for Federal on Mac shows completely wrong info.