In my opinion, this is an unacceptable workaround. Deleting the you contributions and then just entering the $600 for Ln 12b may fix the Federal return, but it deletes contributions that flow onto many state forms. If you invoke this workaround, you'll likely pay may to your State than necessary because deductible contributions have been removed.
Message to TurboTax software designers & coders. - Fix the program so that it doesn't flag an error when contributions are $600 or greater and Married-Joint is selected. This erroneous operation occurs in both the PC CD/download and the Online versions. Please acknowledge the error and fix it.
Thanks,
Clark C.
