I am not a CPA. However, I went in as suggested elsewhere and zeroed out the REIT dividend disclosure number on my 1099 DIV and this caused the software to eliminate the edit error related to this issue. I did not want to wait until February 20th to wait to file for a large refund for what amounted to a $12 deduction with a $3 tax impact. Many people with American Funds mutual funds are experiencing this. I made sure that the REIT dividends in question were included in lines 1 and 2 of the 1099 DIV to make sure that they were included in income, and they were. The line 5 entry in the 1099 DIV appears to be only a disclosure item that could then be used in the 199A calculations.
