Fanfare, No it didn't ask me to do that since it filled out the 8949 more or less correctly requiring only minor edit that can made directly on the form instead of through the slow online query pages.
So in summary: normal box A transactions do not need to be listed in the 8949. Only adjusted ones do. TT tallies up all the ones it detects as normal over all 1099-Bs, then places that total in the Schedule D box 1a. Then it fills in the 8949 with what it detects as adjusted box A transactions and enters the total in schedule D box 1b. Even though it looks like it put more transactions into the 8949 than it needed to, the tallies are correct. I corrected a few dates in the form in a few minutes and I was done.
