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"Church employee with wages over $108" would apply to non-clergy employees whose church does not withhold social security tax (teachers, custodian, secretary etc for some denominations that have a religious exemption to withholding.
That characterization does not apply to you. "Clergy" is a separate characterization, and you may only need the short form.
If you are a W-2 employee, enter your housing allowance or value of the parsonage after checking the box for "religious employment" on the page for special circumstances. If you are self-employed only, use labor code 813000 and enter the value of your housing allowance or parsonage when asked.
Be aware there is a bug in the calculation of SE tax for some clergy using a W-2. The choice to pay SE tax on wages + housing does not stick and the program reverts to wages only, causing an under-calculation of the tax. Some people have reported fixing the bug by deleting the W-2 and starting over. Or, you can switch to the download version installed on your own computer which does not have the bug.
That characterization does not apply to you. "Clergy" is a separate characterization, and you may only need the short form.
If you are a W-2 employee, enter your housing allowance or value of the parsonage after checking the box for "religious employment" on the page for special circumstances. If you are self-employed only, use labor code 813000 and enter the value of your housing allowance or parsonage when asked.
Be aware there is a bug in the calculation of SE tax for some clergy using a W-2. The choice to pay SE tax on wages + housing does not stick and the program reverts to wages only, causing an under-calculation of the tax. Some people have reported fixing the bug by deleting the W-2 and starting over. Or, you can switch to the download version installed on your own computer which does not have the bug.
‎June 4, 2019
9:50 PM