@AmeliesUncle - the turbo tax question on the screen is "enter the exact amount received". I would encourage you to review the screen (I am using the desktop version, in case the online version is somehow different)
it does not ask what were you supposed to receive.
I submit that dismissing the TT instructions and assuming what TT is expecting can invalidate the guarantee should there later be the discovery of an error in the return. This is what gets us into trouble: assuming and not following the question prompt.
That stated, the official IRS worksheet that supports Line 30 does ask
"Enter the amount, if any, of the economic impact payment you received (before
offset for any past-due child support payment). You may refer to Notice 1444 or
your tax account information at IRS.gov/Account for the amount to enter here."
so if anything TT has a flaw in its process as it is not asking its customers the right questions. I would suggest the better approach is to alert whomever at TT accepts bugs or process flaws from users, but it is not up to the user to interpret what TT has asked for - TT is the expert and we are not which is why we buy their software.
I stand by my initial post as it follows the process, right or wrong, that TT lays out and protects the guarantee that we purchased along with the product. Make sense?
