No. You do not need to enter the income as a negative number under Less Common Income.
You say you checked the box, but did you also do the last two bullets below?
- After entering all your W-2s, you will see the screen, Let’s check for uncommon situations. Next to Nontaxable Medicaid waiver payments, check the box.
- You will enter the amount of Medicaid Waiver Payments into the box asking for the amount of difficulty of care payment you received from IHHS. This will be the same amount reported in Boxes 3 and 5 of your W-2.
- When you get to the Earned Income Credit section under the Deductions and Credits portion of your return, you will be asked if you want to add your Medicaid waiver payment to your income for this credit. You can try it both ways, including it and excluding it from the calculation for the credit and see which way benefits you most.
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