Line 44 on the Schedule D worksheet is incorrectly calculating my tax. It says to use the amount on line 26. Then for my income bracket, the tax is supposed to be $2,200.00 + 12% of the amount on line 26 that exceeds $22,000. In my case, line 26 = $26,201. So, the calculation should be $2,200 + (.12 of (26,201 - 22,000)). This would then be $2,200 + (.12 of (4201)). That becomes $2,200 + (504.12). The amount on line 44 should be $2704. TurboTax is incorrectly calculating this to be $2707.
Note that line 46 calls for the exact same calculation but starting with the amount on line 1C. In the case of line 46, TurboTax performs the calculation correctly.
How do I correct my return for this error?
How do I get a software engineer to review and then fix the programming bug?
In order to examine this more closely to determine what needs to be reported for further review, it would be extremely helpful to have a diagnostic tax data file that is experiencing the issue. You can provide that file to us. Then, the details of the situation can be submitted for correction.
The diagnostic file will not contain personally identifiable information, only numbers related to your tax forms. If you would like to provide us with the diagnostic file, follow the instructions below and post the token number along with which version of TurboTax you are using and what states you are filing in a follow-up thread.
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