T3 - Boxes 52 and 53 - do they have to add up to box 21?

[BriCrewe]

I fail to see how this problem can be CRA's fault.    In my opinion the source of the confusion (problem) lies in the fact that the Easy Step T3 entry section has two Box 52's both labeled differently (same with Box 53) i.e. Foreign Capital Gains and Total Capital gains. The forms entry T3 input has only one Box 52 and one Box 53, both of which are for Total Capital Gains since Box 21 does not differentiate between Total and Foreign.  The problem is the fact that only one Box 52 communicates with the T3 entry into the tax preparation.  The same with Box 53.  If you use Easy Step then you have to use the second Box 52 and Box 53 (as Wes1 points out).  Surely this is a problem in the software.

[nancyg112]

My T3 has an entry in Box 21 but nothing for Boxes 52 or 53.  I kept getting an error message that Boxes 52 and 53 needed to be entered even though my T3 does not show these boxes.  I finally entered the same amount in Box 53 from Box 21 and my Turbo Tax error message disappeared.  I was able to Net File with no issues.

Hope this helps someone else.