Thank you so much everyone for your replies. I am really sure there was no 8582 - not in the pdf copy or in the hard copy that the tax preparer shared with me. There's also no Form 6198. We (thankfully) had a different tax preparer for 2018, and they *did* include a Form 8582, so I know what it looks like - I'm definitely not just missing it in the 2017 return!
This tax preparer also missed another form when doing our return (Form 8938 - we only moved to the US a few years ago so have assets abroad). At the time, we didn't even know about this form. He did tell us about the FBAR (which we filed ourselves) but never mentioned Form 8938 - we only found out about it later (and thankfully before the IRS realized we were supposed to have filed it). Completely missing forms like this from a return does make me wonder if he isn't even using tax software!
Despite Form 8938 being such an important form with high non-filing penalties, I was met with radio silence when I asked him to amend and add that missed form. I had to amend myself (thankfully it's an easy form to fill out as it's information-only). No response from him yet on this new issue, either - hopefully he's willing to fix it. If not, I'll have to think about whether it's worth the time, effort, and (if I get professional help, which I probably should) expense of trying to do without him just for the future tax savings on that $2000 of loss. Super frustrating.
If nothing else, this makes me feel better that I'm now using TT for my returns!
