JamesG1
Employee Tax Expert

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You may deduct the attorney's fees included as part of your Social Security Disability Income.  The Social Security SSA-1099 may display the attorney's fees but not deduct the amount from the net benefit in box 5.

 

Enter the adjustment in TurboTax Online as follows:

 

  • Down the left side of the screen, click Federal.
  • Down the left side of the screen, click Wages & Income.
  • Click Show more to the right of Less Common Income.
  • To the right of Miscellaneous Income, 1099-A, 1099-C, click the Start / Revisit button.
  • To the right of Other reportable income, click the Start / Revisit button.
  • At the screen Other Taxable Income, enter a description “Attorney's fees” and the attorney's fees as a negative amount. 

 

The entry will be reported:

 

  • on line 8z of Schedule 1 of the Federal 1040 tax return, and 
  • on line 8 of the Federal 1040 tax return.

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