Did you answer the questions regarding Part Year residence status near the bottom of the federal information worksheet?

Oh yes, thank you - most definitely, including the prospective date splits for the year ... that's why the program knows it need to be allocated.  All other parts of Allocation are fine, but page 5 ( it's a section for SE tax, since the wife had Childcare earnings ) is literally "Blank" - there are no lines or descriptions. so I cannot make any entries, even though the error diagnostics is telling me I have to allocate her SE tax...

Thank you, Lisa !!   Interesting that the "View" was already set @ 100 % ( I did not know this existed ! ) and I had to REDUCE it to 80 % and the lines and input areas came right back !!   I so appreciate your time and help  🙂