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Does the turbotax free version support 1042S forms with income code 20?

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My tax residency changed to RA in 2023. I still received 1042S forms with income code 20. Does the free version support these 1042S forms?  If it supports, how could I add 1042S forms to my tax returns? Thank you very much.

Best answer by DaveF1006

@DaveF1006 Appreciate your advice. Yes, the amount of my 1042S is just $5000.  I tried the procedure but met a problem. Because the amount of my 1042S is not included in my W2, if I put a negative value (-$5000) in the other income (1040, Line 15, and Schedule 1, Line 8z), the total taxable income (1040, Line 15) will be wrong (smaller than the real one). 

 

I find some answers say that a positve $5000 can be added to "Other Reportable Income" and subsequently a negative -$5000 can be added to "Other Reportable Income". In these methods, the total taxable income (1040, Line 15) will be correct. However, the final values of other income (1040, Line 15) probably will be $0 becasue there is only one line for that, which cannot reflect either the 1042S income or the tax treaty in1040 finally. 

 

Thus, my question is whether Schedule 1, Line 8z will list these two other incomes separately and gives $0 as the amount if I put both "-$5000" and "$5000" into the "Other Reportable Income"? Are these methods correct? If not, are there other ways to report this weird situation?

 

Thank you!

 

Yes, you can report the $5000 as taxable income and then negate it. 

 

  1. Open your return in TurboTax 
  2. Click on Wages & Income 
  3. Scroll down to All Income
  4. Scroll down to Less Common Income 
  5. Scroll down to Miscellaneous Income, 1099-A, 1099-C 
  6. Click start 
  7. Scroll down to Other reportable income 
  8. Answer yes and record this as 1042S income and then the amount.

Now to exclude it:

  1. Repeat steps 1-7.
  2. Record this as a US/China Treaty Exemption
  3. Now enter the amount with the minus sign in front of the income.

You have now reported to 1042 S and exempted it in accordance with the US China Treaty Exemption.

 

@tyk 

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DaveF1006
March 28, 2024

This is a correction to my earlier answer. The free version does not support the filing of Form 1042-S and will require you to upgrade. To report the income.

 

  1. Log into your account
  2. Select Wages and income
  3. Less Common income
  4. Miscellaneous Income, 1099-A, 1099>start
  5. Scroll to the bottom of the page to Other Reportable Income
  6. Other taxable income, answer yes
  7. Then give a brief description of the income and the amount listed. Here, list this as 1042-S income and the amount.

[Edited 03/28/24|2:10 pm PST]

 

@tyk 

 

 

 

 

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tykAuthor
March 28, 2024

@DaveF1006 Thank you so much for your response. I tried your listed procedure. But the the program asked me to upgrade to the deluxe version. If I choose "I'll upgrade later", it says that "TurboTax Free Edition doesn’t cover your situation". May I know how I should avoid this issue to use the free version? Appreciate your help.

DaveF1006
March 28, 2024

Yes, unfortunately, there is no way to keep this out of the free version and the instruction that I gave you to report is the only manner in which to report this income. 

 

@tyk 

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