Deductions & credits
No - TurboTax does not have a "trace dependence" feature.
However, the CD/Download version of TurboTax contains a What-If feature where you can make changes in the return information and see the results.
The online version of TurboTax does not contain What-If worksheets. However, two TurboTax Champs have provided alternatives in a response to another user: How do I do What If scenarios in on-line version returns?
To access the What-If worksheets in TurboTax CD/Download please follow these steps:
- Go into Forms Mode by clicking on the Forms icon in the top right of the blue bar.
- Click the Open Form icon at the top of the Forms in My Return list.
- In the Search box type what-if [remember the hyphen]
- Double-click on the entry to open the form.
- Column 1 will populate from the current tax return. [See screenshot below.]
- You can start by marking the box Copy column 1 to column 2 and make changes in column 2.
- For an explanation of the worksheet, right-click at the top of the form and select About What-If Worksheet.
- A window will open with more information.
- To return to the interview, click on the Step-By-Step icon in the top right of the blue bar.
