Link to Schedule C on my W-2 cant' fix it

[MichaelDC]

Do you have a Box 13 Statutory Employee checked when you entered the W-2? If it is checked on your physical W-2, then see the information below. If you accidentally checked it when entering the information, go back and uncheck it.

If you still have trouble, delete the W-2 and redo it.

Statutory employees are a very special designation and have their own special rules. If you are a statutory employee, you can claim certain business-related expenses on Schedule C instead of Schedule A. This means you get a bigger tax deduction than traditional employees.

Statutory employees are somewhere in between independent contractors and regular employees. Most people are regular employees - they work for an employer and the employer says what job will be done and how to do it.

Statutory employees have been declared employees under federal tax laws, but are independent contractors under common law. These workers are usually work salespeople or have commission-based jobs.

The information from the W-2 has to link with your Schedule C

1. In TurboTax Home & Business Online, go to Wages & Income and enter your W-2.
2. Ensure that Box 13 "statutory employee" is checked. 
3. Answer the questions on the subsequent screens until you get to:
4. "Any Related Business Expenses?" Click "Yes". 
5. Go through the interview questions. 
6. Your W-2 Income is now linked to Schedule C. 

[DonMusch]

My wife is an artist and also works part time - no commissions or any income involved from any of the four IRS noted types of employees that may be covered by the recent change. Turbo tax is still forcing an error from the review each time and we cannot file our taxes.  Thoughts?

[Carl]

You haven't indicated if the "statutory employee" box is checked or not on your W-2. Until we know that status, we don't know what to think.

[Russ53]

I'm having the same kind of problem. I'm a minister and pay quarterly taxes (1040-ES). Box 13 Statutory Employee is checked on both my physical W2 and in TurboTax. My employer has not put any info in Boxes 15-20 which deals with state and local. They didn't last year either, and I had no problem. 

When I go through the screens related to Statutory employee, I'm not getting a screen saying "Any related business expenses?"

This issue is keeping me from e-filing.

[AmyC]

@Russ53 You can go straight to the sch C and enter the expenses. You should have a sch C showing since you marked statutory. Simply edit.