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I filled in the 'like kind' portion of TT to account for my 1031 exchange, yet it still seems to have raised my taxable income substantially when the 'like kind' should have create a zero taxable income increase.    End of the like kind says: your like kind exchange results: 'no taxable gain'  yet I also have an increase in federal tax due of like 15k so not sure what is still lacking in my input.   Note: I wasn't sure how to calculate AMT adjusted basis (do I just add the total depreciation deducted over 20 years or ... ?) so didn't include it yet.    Also didn't include 'fair market value' although Zillow would give value as higher than I sold it for.   Entered the sale of the 'home' part of the duplex and that was close to zero profit based upon the 250k deduction I took as homeowner, so that part good, just the rental part still not quite right   Thanks so much, Adam

Yes, you are correct. Thank you for pointing out the fact that your RRSP is a custodial account and not a deposit account. Since your RRSP is a Custodial Account, you should leave Lines 5 and 6 blank. You will put "1" on Line 7 and the maximum value of your RRSP on Line 8 on the 8938.   Yes, FBAR and Form 8938 are reporting forms for different agencies. FBAR is a report that is required by the Dept of Treasury while the 8938 is reported to the IRS.     

It's not clear if Acorn is singled out for this. There can be so many different reasons a download can be challenging depending on browsers, as only one example.   The mailing of Form 8453 may seem defeating, but the fact that you can e-file even with this requirement is much better than being required to mail the entire return. Tax laws and rules change so often.   @ran64 

@aysoref I think your hypothesis as to how this ill thought out code came about is spot on.  I get that TT would want to simplify things for the average user and help them not make mistakes.  But I highly doubt they would reimburse someone for overpaid tax who duplicated a 1099 import.  They would however recommend an amended return / refund, which the taxpayer would be entitled to.   I would have to imagine there are thousands, if not tens of thousands of users who are flummoxed by not being able to download a 1099 that they legitimately need to pull into their return -- particularly for married filing joint folks where both taxpayers have separate accounts at the same brokerage.  This is very common.  I would recommend they code a warning, along the lines of "We see that you have already downloaded one or more tax forms from this financial institution.  Please review to ensure you are not duplicating previous entries.  Do you wish to proceed?"   I really hope they can get a fix in quickly.  No one wants to manually enter their asset sales, line by line.