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Hi Thomas,

 

That question will only come up if the box (12) is not selected for "All the wages that are taxable for the Federal Unemployment Tax Act (FUTA) are also taxable for my state unemployment tax."  If that box is selected (set to Yes), then TurboTax does not ask for the FUTA amount.

 

The issue for me is the wording, as I select "Yes" because not only is all $20K taxable for my state, but they also will tax the $4K more.  If I was to say not all of the $20K is taxable for CT, that sounds like it would be less than $20K, not more.  Although that's how the IRS has the Schedule H designed for the wording on that particular box, I believe TurboTax should still ask for the FUTA amount.  More like "Are the FUTA and state taxable amounts the same?  If not, enter/update the value".

 

Or, perhaps TurboTax should prompt the user for that FUTA entry in your screenshot no matter what is selected for box 12.

 

At the moment, it seems my only option to get the correct amount in there is to have box 12 as a No.  I appreciate the comments and workaround!

 

Thanks