It's really absurd if the IRA or Pension distribution is not fully taxable. That's when you get Line 4a not just blank, but with a smaller amount than Line 4b.
Anyway, there is also a broken link on the new worksheet that was added this year, "1040 Wks". The broken link is between Line 4 (Pensions and Annuities) and its data source (line 25 of the TurboTax worksheet named "1099-R Summary"). Fixing this broken link gets a sensible result for multiple distributions, some of which are fully taxable while others are not.
When is someone at TurboTax going to to take a serious look at this, instead of just using tortured logic to justify this absurd result? This multiple distribution scenario (some fully taxable and others not) was handled correctly last year before this new 1040 Wks sheet was added.
