Both taxpayer and spouse on MFJ return are teachers. I entered $300 educator expense for each as an adjustment but only $300 is carrying to Schedule 1, not $600. Why?

[George4Tacks]

You  entered 300 in each of the two columns? It seems to work just fine. 

[florasbooks-iclo]

The Spouse is a Ph.D. who is teaching at a High School but still wishes to be described as "Professor" as the Occupation on the tax return.  There were $300 worth of legitimate educator expenses, but I believe that because I entered "Professor" as the occupation, the ProConnect software disallowed the deduction.  I changed the Occupation to "Teacher" and tried to enter $300 again under the "Spouse" column of the appropriate educator expenses data entry.  But it simply would not carry to the tax return. 

[George4Tacks]

My next guess is you did not get the filing status correct. The title should not have a thing to do with it. Contact Support EITHER https://proconnect.intuit.com/community/proconnect-tax-news-updates/discussion/proconnect-tax-assist... OR https://proconnect.intuit.com/support/en-us/help-article/intuit-account-settings/contact-proconnect-... and they can help you find the problem.

[BobKamman]

I don't know which is more amusing -- a high school teacher who insists on being called Professor, or a tax preparer who thinks what is entered as "occupation" makes any difference in how the software manages other entries.