Diane,
Thank you for your reply. I can't argue with what you wrote on the basis of fact. I may not "need to file Form 8949", but I want to. To wit, it may not be necessary to force Turbotax to enter on Form 8949, but it certainly is desirable from the standpoint of reviewing data was entered correctly. In my case there are multiple accounts, with all cases (short-term, long-term, reported to IRS, not reported to IRS), and various codes (DMW) for accrued market discount and wash sales. But some transactions have no corrections or adjustments (and therefore don't appear on the Form 8949). I am forced to segregate my input data and check both Form 8949 and Schedule D to verify all the entries are correct. Schedule D does not show the account no., making this more difficult. On a separate issue, I also have "other transactions" (short-term and long-term related to cash-in-lieu and certain bond sales) reported by the brokerage firm as Box "X", but Turbotax only provides choices of Boxes "A" through "E".
The IRS instructions clearly state that the taxpayer may voluntarily enter on Form 8949. Turbotax software developers appears to have taken this option away from the taxpayer.
