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April 2, 2021
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Household Employee Social taxes already paid with W-2

  • April 2, 2021
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Where do I report Social Security and Medicare tax appearing on a 2020 W-2 to a Household Employee? I don't see fields on Schedule H to show what social taxes have already been paid by the Payroll Provided who prepared the W-2 for the household employee. Schedule H computes the Employer and Employee social taxes that would flow to Form 1040 page 2 to be paid with the tax return. But we have to report that social taxes were already paid during the year via payroll provider.

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Best answer by sjrcpa

Enter them as estimated tax payments.

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sjrcpa
sjrcpaAnswer
Level 15
April 2, 2021

Enter them as estimated tax payments.

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RK67Author
Level 3
April 2, 2021

Thank you! I hope the IRS computers will do the appropriate 'matching' of taxes paid by the taxpayer via his Federal EIN. Maybe they will send a letter to the taxpayer and we will have to respond explaining that these 'estimated taxes' are for social security taxes already paid on behalf of a household employee.

sjrcpa
Level 15
April 2, 2021

You're welcome.

The more I know the more I don’t know.