I received explanation from IRS. Indeed, using numbers off the TT 1040 and the IRS 1040 instruction Social Security Benefits worksheet, I came up with taxable SS of 3236. TT came up with 2214. I don't know how that could happen. It's pretty simple adding, dividing, and subtracting.
What will make things worse is that TT deducted the non deductible, excess, undeposited Traditional IRA from IRA distributions, so the number TT listed on line 4b is wrong.
And, and, I have no idea how TT came up with tax on line 16. Income of $6134 on line 15 should be, from tax table, $613, not the $184 shown by TT. How did it do that? And how is it IRS didn't find this?
Am I missing something(s?) here?
At this point, after correcting the SS amount, taxable IRA distributions, and correcting Tax amount, I may owe money rather than the TT refund.
