DianeW777
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Get your taxes done using TurboTax

In TurboTax Desktop, after testing a scenario with a W-2 for a minister and entering the housing allowance when asked, the correct social security tax was calculated for both the housing and the wages. The steps taken are as follows:

  1. Enter W-2 with no federal, social security or medicare tax. Wages in box 1 ($5,000 in my example) and housing in box 14, selecting the Category of Other (not classified).
  2. Continue to the screen 'Let's check for uncommon situations', selected Religious employment > Continue > Select 'Clergy' on 'Let's dig into your religious employment.
  3. Continue to enter Housing allowance and Qualifying expenses ($10,000 each in my example) > Continue
  4. Select 'Pay self employment tax on my wages and housing allowance' > Continue
  5. Complete the rest of your income, credits and deductions
  6. Switch to Forms to view your Sch SE (T/S depending on who is the minister) to review your self employment tax.
  7. See images below.

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