I am on the dividend part of turbo tax. I have exempt-interest dividends on my 1099-div. I was not asked to enter them. Do I enter them?
Yes. See the screen shots at the bottom.
On the Wages & Income
screen, in the Interest and Dividends section click on the Start/Revisit box next to Interest on
1099-INT.
Answer Yes to Did you
receive any interest income?
On the next screen, click on I'll type it
in myself.
If you have already entered
interest info, you will see a screen, Here's the interest we have so
far. Click
on Add interest income.
On the screen, Let's get
your 1099-INT or brokerage statement details, click on the box My form has
info in more than just box 1. Additional boxes will
appear. Enter the tax-exempt interest in Box 8.