I am struggling with the same problem . . . never had AMT, but now asked to chose or not the Simplified Limitation. I went back one page from there in Step-by-Step and switched to Forms. The 1116 page looks to be filled in. So I abandoned Step-by-Step for that category at that point. There is no AMT in my list of forms. Why should I make a "permanent" decision before I have to? Supposedly a "flag" stays with the TT imported data from year-to-year.
Last year in one alternative I tried, the Simplified Limitation question was not asked. It did not work for me this year.
nikki20201 on Feb 13, 2021 said in a note that he/she felt there is no special indicator for the IRS whether you chose Simplified or not. It's whether the calculations in the first AMTFTC year indicate a Simplified or Not Simplified method.
