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You can enter the amounts for the "mock" Pennsylvania return as appropriate- with the joint account, dividing equally is most appropriate.  It does not matter that it does not match the 1099sl mas you reported it correctly on the federal return you filed. 

TT can support only one country per 1099.  Here is a suggested workaround . This is an example of the preparation to fill out a form 1116 for taxes paid by 3 countries within a 1099-DIV. They are:  a: RIC which includes all mutual funds/ETF”s b: Canada c: United Kingdom Three fictitious 1099-DIV’s will be created.  The original 1099-DIV will be used for domestic income only. Bring up a new blank 1099-DIV.  For convenience name the payer the same as the country it represents. In this case the payer is RIC.  From the broker’s supplemental info, insert into box 1a the ordinary dividends from any and all mutual funds/ETF’s.  In box 1b, insert all qualified dividends from all mutual funds/ETF’s.  In box 7, insert the foreign tax paid from all mutual funds/ETF’s.  That completes the 1st fictitious 1099-DIV.   Bring up a 2nd blank 1099-DIV.  Name the payer Canada.  In box 1a, insert all the ordinary dividends from Canada; in box 1b all the qualified dividends from Canada and in box 7 the tax paid to Canada. That completes the 2nd fictitious 1099-DIV.   Bring up a 3rd blank 1099-DIV.  Name the payer U.K. In box 1a, insert all the ordinary dividends from the U.K.; in box 1b all the qualified dividends from the U.K.  The U.K. does not withhold taxes, but TT must see an amount in box 7 during the interview.  Insert $1.00 into box 7 and subtract $1.00 from box 7 from either of the previous fictitious 1099’s.  That completes the 3rd fictitious 1099-DIV.   On the original 1099-DIV, subtract all the foreign amounts from box 1a so that only the domestic ordinary dividends remain. Subtract all foreign amounts from box 1b so that only the domestic qualified dividends remain. Delete the amount in box 7, the foreign tax paid.   If there are more than 3 countries, TT will automatically generate additional F1116 copies as necessary If there are more than 6 countries, the screen with the header “Report foreign tax paid to XXX” will only display up to 6 payers. Additional payers are on the following screen.   I suggest using all of your actual 1099's for domestic only,  Thus all the amounts in 1a and 1b will end up being  domestic and all box 7's will be vacant.

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I have this same issue and it is preventing me to e-file. My employer put money into a HSA for me when I don't have a HDHP. I marked this as excess but I am still getting an error on form 889-T box 1 asking me to select self or family for which HDHP I had. It should let me select none or at least submit this form regardless.

No, the basis and value question still comes up at the end of the retirement income interview. Please verify, that your Form 1099-R entry has the IRA/SEP/SIMPLE box checked:   Click on "Search" on the top right and type “1099-R”   Click on “Jump to 1099-R” Click "Continue" and enter the information from your 1099-R and verify the IRA/SEP/SIMPLE box is checked On the "Here's your 1099-R info" screen click "Continue" Answer "Yes" to "Any nondeductible Contributions to your IRA?" if you had any nondeductible contributions in prior years. Answer the questions about the basis from line 14 of your last filed Form 8606 and the value of all traditional, SEP, and SIMPLE IRAs   @kirkey   

The $8,008 room and board I mentioned in original question is for son 2, however, we paid $8,162 in rent for son 1 for off campus apartment. This amount does not reflect any board/groceries. Ironically they are about the same amount.

TurboTax has the Detroit tax return available  (See: Which city tax returns can I do in the TurboTax state program?)   In the state information section, go through the interview questions and answer that you need a Detroit City return. This will populate the forms.