@PhylI wrote:
Is there any chance that TurboTax will write an option into their program asking if we would like to open a Blank Statement page on which we could report the basis and still E-File?
You need PDF software with the functionality to attach additional forms, but it can be done, at least in the physical sense. Whether the IRS actually processes the statement is another matter entirely.
An example is attached to this post (this was a test for a 1041 with a 1099 attached in the same PDF as the 8453-FE).
