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When using TurboTax, the Foreign Earned Income Exclusion causes issues for me every year.  It completely messed up my return this year and now I'm doing amendments.  If it doesn't end up changing I'm just going to have to go to a CPA from now on.  It's creating more of a dead ache than anything.  If you meet the below information, then you don't have to meet the normal abode or physical requirements to exclude the income you earned while there.   IR-2018-173, August 24, 2018 Certain U.S. citizens or resident aliens, specifically contractors or employees of contractors supporting the U.S. Armed Forces in designated combat zones, may now qualify for the foreign earned income exclusion.  The Bipartisan Budget Act of 2018, enacted in February, changed the tax home requirement for eligible taxpayers, enabling them to claim the foreign earned income exclusion even if their “abode” is in the United States. The new law applies for tax year 2018 and subsequent years.  This means that these taxpayers, if eligible, will be able to claim the foreign earned income exclusion on their income tax return for 2018 when they file. Under the exclusion, taxpayers can choose to exclude their foreign earned income from gross income, up to a certain dollar amount.

I recently started doing Roth in place conversion using my work place 401k account. I performed automatic Roth in place conversion after contributing after tax money into my 401k. Then periodically I rolled over the money from Roth 401k to Roth IRA. So I received 2 1099-R forms (one with code G and one with code H) which I did not report in my taxes - both have taxable amount as "0". In addition I received another 1099-R form when I rolled over my old 401k account from my previous employer to my current one. I did not report this either- again $0 taxable income   will I potentially get audited for failing to report 1099-R forms even though the taxable income is $0. Should I file an amended tax return ? I have never been audited in my tax paying years in the US. Pls advise next course of action. 

If I let TT fill out Schedule 3 line 8 I get an error on 8A saying 8A doesn't equal 8B plus 8C.  It says "please go back and review your entries to ensure the allocation of income and adjustments are correct for Georgia and other state sources."  But the Data Source for Line 4B says Line 4A less line 4C.  Yet 4B does NOT equal Lina 4A less 4C.  If I overwrite it so it does then the error goes away. I feel like this is a bug?

My broker miscalculated my RMD from my IRA and I am approx $5000 short.  I will need to file a Form 5329. Where do I find this in Turbotax, and I understand I can request a waiver of the $543 penalty since it was not my fault.  How do I do this?