Thank you for the reply.
You wrote: "then under "other income" enter a negative SSA amount with a comment"
I have been surfing around and--though I can't remember where I saw it--I found someone saying the way to handle this is to add Social Security income in 6a, then put $0 in 6b, which is the taxable portion of social security, and then attach Form 8833 to support that $0 taxable claim. But, it seems TurboTax does not handle 8833 so I wouldn't be able to file electronically. I would have to print out, attach the 8833, and mail my return.
Now that I have your, "Other Income" reply, I need to start searching around again and see if others have done it this way.
