Thanks for the clear and simple explanation, RobertG. Now I get the concept! I followed the links and did a bunch of reading and remain mystified how I type this info into the Form 8958. I did the math, added the income for my spouse and myself. Divided in half, and figured out which amount gets added or subtracted so we each report 50% of our total income. When I entered the allocation in column B, however, turbo tax decided to change the amount previously auto-filled in Column A. It would be so helpful to simple see an example of how it is done. I am not finding the TT software helps with this calculation. It didn't offer the step-by-step on mine either.
