@Marc.TaxMan while I can appreciate where you come from on this, some states mandate this.  For example Pub 93 from NY https://www.tax.ny.gov/pit/efile/Pub%2093_TY2017.pdf Please note, in this statement the state of New York requires that taxpayers are required to provide that information “to be entered into the software”. This is the statement that New York has made to indicate that the information must be entered into the software vs. pre-populated (transferred).

You can chose to do what you prefer copy/paste but for NY as an example, that's a "no-no", so we are just staying compliant to these types of request