Retirement tax questions

PROBLEM "SOLVED"

From an earlier reply that the Social Security entry "module" was working in TT 2024, I tried starting another return WITHOUT importing my 2023 information. And guess what ... the Social Security entry worked!. So there is something going on with my 2023 import. 

Next I will try another import into a new return, and see if that is any different. Otherwise, I'll just continue without importing. A bit inconvenient without the 2023/2024 comparison right there in front of me, and a few other things carried over, but it is what it is.