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I just noticed that 3 people responded to my questions. Thanks to all. I attribute my follow up questions to convincing another person it was a legit thing to deduct and my own difficulty finding my way through TT. Each answer was good.

Please clarify your question by adding some additional information so we may better help you. Such as: What version of TurboTax are you using? What TurboTax screen are you on? What are you trying to do in TurboTax?  What ami are you trying to calculate? When you say TurboTax did it before, do you mean in another year?

I would suggest you go back to the interview questions for and look for the question on Foreign Financial Accounts to indicate YES. This appears at the end of the Income section, before Deductions & Credits.    If you're using TurboTax Online, clear your Cache and Cookies first.   Under Tax Tools > Tools in the left-side menu, choose 'Delete a Form' from the pop-up menu.  See if you have Form 8938 included in your return.     If so, again, under Tax Tools > Tools, choose 'View Tax Summary' from the pop-up menu.  Then back at the left-side menu, choose 'Preview My 1040' to scroll through your return to check your Schedule B.   You may not be required to file Form 8938.  Here's more info on Filing Form 8938.   @Priyu-ch               

Go back and edit your W-2; you will need to exit the review section.   Are boxes 19 and 20 blank?   You can leave boxes 18-20 all blank if there is no tax withheld, but if there is tax withheld in box 19, you will need entries in boxes 18 and 20.    To go back to your w-2, search for w-2 and use the jump to link.  Then click edit or the pencil icon next to the w-2 that has the error.  

You're welcome.  It makes sense, and yes, if you know certain things are consistent every month, you can use that method to figure them, with a slight change- figure based on months because the quarter 1 estimate is based on income earned from 1/1-3/31, while quarter 2 is based on income earned from 1/1-5/31, and quarter 3 is based on income earned from 1/1-8/31.     If their income varies, for example if they don't make consistent 401(k) withdrawals, you'll need to be precise and verify the dates they received their income.     Also, you'll be asked for their adjusted gross income for each period, so that will be the total of all the income that is reported on their 1040, line 11 (don't deduct the standard deduction).  You'll next be asked about the capital gain, if the home was the only capital gain, you'll not enter anything there, and the amount will be assigned to quarter 4.   You will not be asked to enter the standard deduction, it's automatically added to the penalty form (Form 2210)  page 3, line 7.

I am not sure what version of TurboTax you are using but maybe some of these suggestions that I found will help or you can contact TurboTax Customer Service using this link:  Turbo Tax Customer Service   You can try: Log in to your online account. As you When you log in, you may get a notification that you have a message and you will be able to click to view. Or you can look for a box in the upper right that says Expert Help and click. Look for your contact history and click, and it should show you your messages. Also,, the tax expert's message can be accessed anytime via the floating Live help button in the bottom right corner of any TurboTax Live screen. Select See my Contact History to find your written response. Also, there will be a notification icon at the top right on your screen.  Click on that to open the message.  

No, the driver's license is not required for the California return. According to this FTB webpage:   California driver's license or state ID card information is not required to e-file a California tax return. However, this may expedite the processing of your return and we ask for your assistance to help us combat ID theft.