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March 7, 2024
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How do I enter a W2 received for "Difficulty of Care" Notice 2014-7 that is considered nontaxable? There is an amount listed as wages in Box 1.

  • March 7, 2024
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I perform household duties for my disabled 18 year-old daughter, who lives in my home.
Best answer by ThomasM125

Since your Difficulty of care payments are listed in box 1, you don't need to pay any attention to the instructions referencing box 3. So, don't indicate that any of your Medicaid waiver payments are listed in other boxes. On the screen that says Let's check your Medicaid waiver payments, you just need to check the option that says "all of it" under the question that says How much of the (box 1 $) in box 1 is difficulty of care payments?, assuming all of the benefits in box 1 are Medicaid waiver payments. Otherwise, choose one of the other options and enter the amount that is Medicaid Waiver payments.

 

 

You can look on line 8(s) on schedule 1 to see the amount of Medicaid waiver payments being excluded from your taxable income.

 

 

To view your form 1040 and schedule 1 to 3:

 

  1. Choose Tax Tools from your left menu bar in TurboTax Online
  2. Choose Tools
  3. Choose View Tax Summary
  4. See the Preview my 1040 option in the left menu bar and click on it
  5. Choose the Back option in the left menu bar when you are done 

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DoninGA
Employee
March 7, 2024
weinrauchAuthor
March 7, 2024

Thank you, but my situation does not fit either of those options because I received a W-2 and it has an amount listed in Box 1.  If I follow the option in the tutorial that says "I received a W-2 with $0 in Box 1", it tells me to enter the amount from Box 3 on my W-2 (which is $0)  in Box 1 of the online form.  Then I assume that I should enter the amount of State wages, tips, etc. from Box 16 on my W-2 as it appears (this is the same number in Box 1 on my W-2).  Then the tutorial says to check the "Nontaxable Medicaid waiver payments that qualify as difficulty of care" box and follow the tutorial instructions to enter the amount from Box 3 on my W-2 (which is $0).  Is this correct that the only place in TurboTax where I'm entering the amount that I received is in the State wages (Box 16)?

November 19, 2024

https://www.irs.gov/individuals/certain-medicaid-waiver-payments-may-be-excludable-from-income

 

refer to Question 11 (Q11)

go to personal > Personal income > miscellaneous income, 1099A, 1099c > Other reportable income > click yes > enter IRS NOTICE 2014-7 as description > then add amount in box 1 as negative amount. 

these were the original instructions before turbo tax included medicare waiver payments in the software. I suspect there is an accounting error with the software..

Hope this helps