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Turbotax is asking me to fill out line 18 of the Maximum Deferral of Self-Employment Tax Payments section. I don't know what to enter.

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February 8, 2021
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I had a 1099NEC for 2020 for the amount of $2,100 working as a tester. I am low income and make about 20,000 a year. I am not sure what to add to line 18 "Enter the portion of line 3" Which line 3? and if I look on previous page line 3 is empty.

TurboTax Deluxe Online

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mscarlysjordalAuthor

Also above the boxes to fill it says "SCH SE-T Max deferral line should be blank"

This is on my Schedule SE.

So confusing.

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AnnetteB6

This question is associated with the option to defer paying some of your self-employment tax due to Covid.

If you do not want to defer any of the self-employment tax, then enter '0' for line 18 when you see the review question in the error check.

If you do wish to defer paying the self-employment tax, then line 18 is asking for the portion of your Schedule C and/or Schedule F profit that is attributed to March 27, 2020 through December 31, 2020.

To go back to the input screens related to deferring Self-Employment tax if you qualify, look in the Deductions and Credits section of your return. Then find the Tax Relief related to Covid-19 section, then Self-employment tax deferral.

When you click Start or Update beside this section you may see a message that you do not qualify to defer the self-employment tax. If this is the case and you did enter a number during the error check process, then be aware that nothing is being calculated as part of your return as a deferral.

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TLC10

Hello Everyone,

If you enter 0 in line 18 , because you do not want to defer your tax payment. Would this also be suggesting you did not make any income through those months. It seems like this could cause some other issues. Is this the correct way, or is there another way?

Thank you all

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Bridgetown

1040SR "Deferral for Certain Schedule H or SE Filers Smart worksheet" calculates the amount of self employment (SE) taxes you might want to defer. If you don't want to defer taxes and enter 0 on line 11 you will get an error message from TurboTax say the number must be greater than 0. The answer is to leave the cell blank and TurboTax will no longer generate an error code.

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truemichigan

An error code will still pop up if you enter zero or leave it blank. I am getting a refund and do not want to defer any taxes. How to move forward from this problem. For the first time in 8 years I am about ready to try a different Tax software.

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dhammer

I am having this same issue as well and cannot move past it. Have you had any luck yet getting past this?

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Ava Nala

@Bridgetown Thank you so much for your post. I was stuck in an infinite hell loop for probably an hour, trying to figure out what to do, since I had a negative income. There should definitely be an instruction note to leave it blank or it should just do it automatically if someone has no tax to defer. I will report it today. Once again, thank you for saving my sanity!