GeorgeM777, Thank you for your response. While waiting for your response, I tried a different way to report the IHSS income that is not shown in Box 1 of W2. Instead of entering them under Wages and Salaries, I put them under the Miscellaneous Income, 1099-A, 1099C, then Other income not already reported on a Form W-2 or Form 1099. On this page, select Yes for the question "Did you receive any other wages?", hit Continue two times to the page: "Certain nontaxable Medicaid waiver payments not reported on Form W-2 or 1099", Here I entered the combined amount from the two W-2 forms, one for each of my live-in patients for Medicaid waiver payments. I receive the same CA refund result as faking box 1 with $1.00 which was not suggested by some tax experts. By doing so, I do not get error message for e-filing. But I wonder if this could be a problem as I do not have a way to put employer's information on the W-2 form for IHSS income.
Could you please verify if this is the right way to report? and if it is
Is there a way I can put employer's information to indicate where the money came from? or it doesn't matter?
Thank you very much in advance!
