Thank you for addressing my question. I read the documentation that you suggested before but it was not addressing my question. It does not provide any details on the conditions for qualifying for the deduction. I played around with TurboTax Online and figured out a few things. TurboTax ask a few questions about the QBI and depending on the answers, it decides whether you qualify or not for the deduction. You can go over the questions again in the summary section of the self-employed income. In that section, there is hot link to go over the QBI questionnaire. The issue was with the question "Does all of your work was for a former employer?" without any further follow up questions that could further clarify your particular situation. If you answer "Yes" then TurboTax decides that you are not eligible for the deduction. But if you hit the "learn more" question mark icon, there is a lot more nuisance than a Yes/No answer. In my case, the right answer was "No" after reading the details about the question. After answering "No", then TurboTax calculated the QBI. It would be nice if TurboTax provided a summary after the questionnaire telling you whether you qualify or not for the QBI, and if not, provide the reason why.
