QBI deduction from K1 Box 14 negating self employment 20% deduction

[SusanI7]

I have self employment income which would ordinarily allow for a 20% deduction.  However, this year I received a K-1 from a trust estate.  The K-1 has box 14 with code I for $82 of section 199A dividends from a REIT.  The QBI calculator is using $16 of the K1 (20% of the REIT income in Box 14) rather than 20% of the consulting/director fee income.  The K-1 has nothing to do with the self employment but both show as my name, also used for the business. Can this be cured or separated from the business to enable the 20% deduction on the larger number? Thanks.

[ThomasM125]

The trust QBI deduction should be in addition to the QBI deduction associated with the self-employment income. You should go back through your business income entries and make sure you indicated that the business income qualifies as QBI.

Also, there may be things being subtracted from your business income for QBI purposes, such as a loss carryover from the previous year, the self-employment tax deduction and contributions to an IRA account.

[SusanI7]

It seems to be doing an either or,  “can deduct 20% taxable income OR 20 % from types of income included in the deduction whichever is lower.”  Without the K-1 I’ve got a $2,073 QBI deduction.  I’m going to add the K-1 back into the software but I am going to skip entering the “I” of $82 in box 14.  That would simply eliminate the additional deduction of $16.00 QBI from the K-1 which I will happily forget to keep the bigger one.  I am assuming this is ok.