as I understand your approach, you'd start at the partners level, and then cumulate the partner amounts to come up with the entries at the partnership level to put in the top boxes on the form.  Isn't the problem that the software does the opposite - calculates the total income and tax to be paid at the partnership level and then allocates among the partners based on their percentage interests? So don't I have to come up with the correct amounts at the partnership level before I allocate among the partners?