johnny49
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How to report duplicate payment of CARES deferred social security taxes on my 2022 return

TurboTax generated a deferral of the employer portion of my self-employed social security taxes in 2020, as it should.  I received two notices about payment of the deferred amount from IRS, one addressed to me and one to my wife.  I paid them both in 2022.  Then, in early 2023, I received a check from IRS for one of those payments.  It was labeled "Tax Refund".

 

Should I claim that extra payment in my 2020 tax return to account for the "Tax Refund" they will say they paid me in 2023?