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I accidentally filed with Turbo Tax Self EMployed. I am not self employed.

@Ashanders13 No the version of the software you used does not affect the calculations for your refund.   It sounds like you used a higher priced version of the software than you needed to use if you are not self-employed, but you can still use that version to enter any other kind of income and the software can handle it.   

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I accidentally filed with Turbo Tax Self EMployed. I am not self employed.

Correct ... which program you use is immaterial to the IRS which only looks at the return you file.  And going forward, when you log in next year you should be asked if you want to change programs.  If it doesn't then STOP and log out.  Then go to the TT landing screen and first CHOOSE a program level you wish to use and only then will you log in to lock in the current program choice.  

Ashanders13
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I accidentally filed with Turbo Tax Self EMployed. I am not self employed.

Thank you but I didn't use a higher version. I was also not charged the amount of the self employed version. I have never been self employed, nor was I given the option to chose this as I imported my W-2 the same as I have done for the past 7 years using Turbo Tax. This is the first year it changed what I filed as after I filed. I called Turbo Tax and they said I needed to amend my return as this was an error with TurboTax as many people had the same issue as I did. 

 

 

karranja
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I accidentally filed with Turbo Tax Self EMployed. I am not self employed.

I am not going through this problem currently.

I accidentally filed with Turbo Tax Self EMployed. I am not self employed.

How do I change from Self employed  to regular free addition. I did use self employed last year but didnt need to this year

ErnieS0
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I accidentally filed with Turbo Tax Self EMployed. I am not self employed.

You can switch from self-employed to another version by clearing and starting over @ddnmrevans1994.

 

How do I clear and start over in TurboTax Online?

 

You will lose all your data if you clear and start over, so if you've already added something like a W-2, you'll need to put that in again.

 

Switching to a lower version will clear any self-employment information that's being carried forward from last year. For example, depreciation, if you wrote off any assets last year. 

 

If you do self-employment work in the future, you'll have to put those assets in from scratch based on what was reported on your 2020 return. You may have to report any profit from the sale of business property if you sell it in the future.

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I accidentally filed with Turbo Tax Self EMployed. I am not self employed.

Just received that same letter today!  Oh my… I’m really glad i “ran into” all this information!  I was really really getting nervous about the IRS getting me!  I feel little better knowing this is a known mistake… thanks everyone!

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