I believe that I do have all of the worksheets filled in correctly.  The parents' tax on line 9 of Form 8615 is currently a calculated field of $0.  I have filled in the qual div; long-term cap gain; and sch j worksheets on the 8615.  Am I missing a worksheet or step?  If I take the elected farm income out of the Sch J worksheet the Cap Gain/Qual Div tax is the correct number for the parent before I used income averaging.  Once the number is in the field on the Sch J worksheet for Line 2, the parents' tax goes to $0.  I have tried updating the program, but that doesn't seem to help.  Thank you @TiredFarmer for replying to this post.  If you have any other suggestions, please let me know.