I know you all have been so frustrated with this Need Review issue. I’m not saying this is the answer but since I was on this thread I thought I’d let you know that after updating TT and doing a final review, I called the tax consultant line (I paid extra for the service) to ask an unrelated question I asked her about the Needs Review and she was aware of it and said to go ahead and file that it wouldn’t affect the tax filing as it was an easy step software bug. So, I bit the bullet, after buying the TT extra audit protection and filed - it was accepted by both Fed and State. I know that there still could be an issue, but I was willing to risk it.
Once again, thats just how I dealt with it and may not be right in your situation. I have to say (I know I’m preaching to the choir) that this year I feel like I spent more time with TT issues than actually preparing my taxes. Oh, and one other thing you may run into to add insult to injury, the print function is not working. I went to print my tax returns as I save them as PDF in the print dialog, and it starts and stops without printing. I called support and they told me it was a known issue and they would let me know when fixed. We’ll see.
I’ve spent 26 years in the software industry and Intuit was perennially considered top in class for quality and usability. How the mighty seem to have fallen. I feel for the support staff, because they typically take the ‘heat’ when this software quality drops. The alternative to TT however isn’t very attractive, so here we are between a rock (crazy complicated tax laws) and a hard place (TT). Sigh.
