Retirement tax questions

Followup.

I think you are correct in your assessment. The credit is added first, so when you finalize your taxes before the Final Review, it shows you a Fed Owed or Refund - so in my case, it showed a Fed Owed of $3219

But then when you enter the Stimulus numbers at the Final Review, it then wipes the original credit you stated as happening and surprises you with a increase in Fed Owed or change in numbers. This should not work that way, as it's given the appearance the stimulus is being taxed. 

 

As I ran the process again for the umthik time, I see that  the credit is added in Line 30, and then when the monies are added in final review it reduced it and shown the actual credit in Line 30, thus increases the amount due in taxes. 

This should be fixed, as it leaves the user an unwelcome surprise as the end of filing. 

So basically I would owe the amount of $6691 if the credit had not be added in the first place and then substracted later.