@SteamTrain
I appreciate the attempt to clarify what is happening on the current version of TurboTax Premier, but I would encourage you to be mindful the beginning of this thread. If you are implying that data was entered in error due to negligence, the beginning of this thread specifically notes that the data was not entered at the prompt you displayed.
That leads me to believe one of three theories must be true (from least to most plausible):
- All of the people noting the same problem in this thread, including me, and the State Assessor noting this is very common (see below) are negligent and cannot follow simple instructions.
- Earlier and/or online versions of this question were poorly worded and/or absent this notice.
- TurboTax had/has an error placing a deduction where it should not be.
As for me, here is an update. I've received an e-mail back from TurboTax requesting the "In order to open a claim for you, we need ALL pages of the original notice you received from Department of Revenue for the state of Iowa -- we need the detailed computation of the additional taxes due." For those of us that have received this letter from the Iowa Department of Revenue, I assume you also received the single page letter stating the Tax Period(s), Tax, Penalty, Interest, and Total. I've noted that in my response (although it should be self-evident for anyone who looked at the letter) and included the voicemail audio file left from the State assessor explaining:
"...based on the W-2 information, it appears that you didn't qualify for the deduction there. The amount in box 12 on the W-2 there's a code DD. That's actually the amount that the employer contributes to health insurance premiums and that was put on line 18 as a deduction when it shouldn't have been. I know that happens a lot with TurboTax...."
I'll plan on updating this thread if/when further events unfold.
