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Deductions & credits
The only numbers in this "Smart Worksheet" that were not automatically filled by my Turbotax 2023 program were the first two numbers. I filled these in by looking at my Schedule D AMT for 2021, which I was able to generate by doing the following (Schedule D AMT wasn't listed in the "Forms" section of the 2021 program):
Click on the "View" tab at the top of the 2021 Turbotax program, then click on "Forms", then click on "Open Form," then in the search box insert "Schedule D AMT". This should bring up two choices; choose Schedule D AMT, and the form will pop up. Use this to fill in the missing values at the top of the 2023 Capital Loss Carryover Smart Worksheet.
In response to your question, the "Schedule D for AMT, line 7" blank in my case was a positive number because I had a short-term capital gain in 2021. The blank for line 15 was negative because I had a long-term capital gain. In Schedule D, unlike some of the values required for the Capital Loss Carryover Worksheet, losses are shown with a negative sign in front of them.
The not-so-Smart Worksheet in my case inserted an incorrect value for the 2021 Schedule D for AMT, line 15, per 2022 Capital Loss Carryover Worksheet, and incorrectly put a negative sign in front of it.
Even if the correct values from Schedule D AMT for 2021 are inserted in the Smart Worksheet, the "corrected TY22" numbers shown in the last section of the Smart Worksheet are incorrect in my case. I don't think this is something to worry about (i.e., it shouldn't affect your AMT capital loss carryovers available for the 2023 return (or the carryforward of AMT capital loss carryovers to 2023), as long as you make sure that the AMT column for line 13 of the main 2023 Capital Loss Carryover Worksheet shows the same value as the Regular Tax column.
Bottom line, unless I am missing something Turbotax 2023 has totally messed up the purported "fix" or "conversion" intended to remedy an error in the 2022 Turbotax program. And none of its updates to the 2023 program since the original release corrects the error in the program, notwithstanding multiple comments on the problem in this forum and on the Turbotax Reddit forum.
If you (like me) have no circumstances that would cause AMT capital gains or losses to vary from Regular Tax capital gains and losses, I would simply use the "override value" function (right click on the number) to make the line 13 value in the Alternative Minimum Tax Column on the main 2023 Capital Loss Carryover Worksheet (not the actually dumb "Smart Worksheet" that follows) matches the value shown in the Regular Tax Column. Line 13 is the long-term capital loss carryover that is available for use in the 2023 tax return, shown as a positive number.
I recommend checking the 2023 Capital Loss Carryforward Worksheet to confirm that your capital loss carryforwards to 2024 for regular tax and AMT purposes are the same values.