Retirement tax questions

So I had the same issue.  I had paid for "live support" and got a real CPA to help me through it.  I thought it was a software issue, but it turned out to be a real tax effort.  The new tax code does not recognize "negative" sales.  I was taking an $8,500 loss on a contract that former client skipped out on... and was showing it as a loss in income.  She had me put it in "misc. expenses" as a positive number.  The error went away.  She also said showing it as an expense, rather than a "negative sale" is less likely to draw attention.