I think there is a software bug. It put me in a loop.
When I entered all my deductions they exceeded the standard deduction by a little more than $150. TurboTax automatically chose itemized deduction but when the final check ran it failed because of a missing entry on the worksheet for amount to be deducted if taking standard deduction. When I entered a number ($300) it failed because the box was not blank. And so it went, enter a number, fail because it was not blank, leave it blank and fail for being blank. Crazy,
It tried phone support but after an hour on hold I gave up.
Then I had a brainstorm. Even though my itemized deductions exceeded the standard deductions, after taking the allowable $300, the standard deduction was a better deal. And some piece of logic in the worksheet didn't know how to handle that case.
I manually changed my deduction to standard. I filled in the worksheet to take the $300 and it accepted it. I was able to go through all the checks and eFile my return.
Now if I could only find out how to report the bug.
