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I found where info is to be entered. It asks several questions, then tells me to talk to a tax advisor. I start over, get the same result.  I want to enter the income figures to see what effect it has on my tax refund. Is there something wrong with the program?

Am self-employed and pay quarterly federal and estate estimated taxes. My job is such that I NEVER EVER have any idea of how much money I will make in any particular month. I am in TT (desktop version for Mac). This year I am getting a refund for both Federal and State,  but still have an underpayment penalty. I understand why (it's pay-as-you-go and if you underpay for one quarter, you can't make up for it totally by overpaying in the next quarter.)   From TT (dollar amounts below are fake but realistic):   Underpayment penalties You have a penalty of $123 for underpayment of estimated taxes. Your refund was lowered and is now $4321. Do you want to see if you can reduce or eliminate the penalty?   If I say YES to that question, there are a series of screens I go through:   I do know how much income I earned in each quarter (and entered that into TT). The next screen is asking for "annualized adjusted gross income" - how am I supposed to be able to figure that out? Is there a way to do this?? Then it wants itemized deductions for each quarter - how can I even know that? Does IRS check this at all? Then it wants QBI for each quarter - again - how can I calculate this? Then net capital gains for each quarter?? I have no clue. I have a feeling that I can't provide accurate information for most of this but just wanted to know if I'm understanding what TT and the IRS is asking here.    After all of that,  at the end I get this from TT:   Note that Form 2210 won't be printed with the filing copy of your tax return. The IRS doesn't require its filing unless you're requesting a waiver, you're annualizing, you're treating your withholding as paid when actually withheld, or your filing status changed from or to married filing jointly between 2024 and 2025.   I did have a change in my filing status. For 2024 I filed married jointly. We got divorced in 2025 and I am filing single now. (TT knows this!) Do I have to generate and send a form 2210 myself? If so, how?    If I say NO to that question, then I don't get the Form 2210 language at all. Does that mean - if I answer NO to the question then I do not need to worry about Form 2210?    THank you for slogging through this, I appreciate it!

Federal eFile successfully went through and received email confirmation of processes. State eFile in app say Accepted, but there's no confirmation of transaction and the date on print out states the previous filing date and the forms say do not mail.