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Get your taxes done using TurboTax
I don't understand your situation, I think you are likely doing something wrong.
You have a 1099 self-employment business, AND a W-2 non-clergy job, AND a religious pension designated as a non-taxable housing allowance? If you have income on a schedule C, that is always subject to self-employment tax, even if it is compensation for clergy duties. Likewise, if you have a W-2 from a clergy job, that is also likewise always subject to SE tax. Did you get a 1099-R from the pension plan? What value is in box 1 and box 2a? Is box 2b "taxable amount not determined" checked or not?
Retirement income on a 1099-R is never subject to self-employment tax, not because of any clergy rule, but because retirement income is not compensation for work performed. If you were at a secular job with a 401k, your contributions are pre-tax (excluded from income tax) but are always subject to social security and medicare tax. Therefore, when you withdraw the 401k, you don't pay SE tax again, but you do pay income tax. If you have a clergy pension, you did (or should have) paid SE tax on the pension contributions at the time they were made, even though the pension contributions were deducted from your income subject to income tax. Therefore, when you receive the pension, it is always exempt from SE tax, and it is subject to income tax (like a 401k) unless it is designated as a housing allowance.
Unless Turbotax has been programmed differently for 2023, the instructions in the linked post will not subject the pension to SE tax if you carry them out correctly.
In the case of a pension designated as a housing allowance, you might or might not get a 1099-R from the pension plan. If you got a 1099-R, tell us about box 1, box 2a and box 2b. If you are planning for 2023, and don't have the 1099-R yet, make sure you are entering your expected data correctly. A 1099-R goes in a completely different part of the interview than a 1099-MISC or 1099-NEC. Are you entering your pension as if it was part of your self-employment income?