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Level 2
January 26, 2021
Question

Entering Social Security benefits with Federal withholding

  • January 26, 2021
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Please tell me how we can enter social security benefits received in screen 14 but not the withholding tax.  When the w/h is entered in the 1099 screen it requires a E.I.# of Social Security Administration and they don't have one.  Diagnostic prevents e-filing.

Any suggestions - One Lacerte tech told me I needed to paper file but that would involve about 75-100 returns and that can't be right.  Needs a fix!

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itonewbie
Level 15
January 26, 2021

Intuit has acknowledged that it's a bug and their engineers are working on a fix.

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Level 5
January 26, 2021

Social security is not on a 1099-misc/nec.  The withholding goes in the tax withheld section in the same screen as where you enter the social security income

itonewbie
Level 15
January 26, 2021

@scheunemanncpa wrote:

Social security is not on a 1099-misc/nec.  The withholding goes in the tax withheld section in the same screen as where you enter the social security income


@scheunemanncpaThat'll trigger a critical diagnostic if you try to e-file.  That's why others are complaining and what Intuit's engineers are fixing now.

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sjrcpa
Level 15
January 26, 2021
PhoebeRoberts
Intuit Community Champion
January 28, 2021

 

Voluntary federal income tax withheld (SSA-1099/ RRB-1099)

 Social Security Benefits Screen 14; Code 38


Enter any federal income tax withheld from an SSA-1099 or RRB-1099 in this field.

NOTE: Do not use the “Federal income tax withheld [A]” field (codes 14 and 64) in this screen to enter SSA-1099 or RRB-1099 withholding any longer.