Line 18 on Schedule SE-T says to enter the portion of your income stated in Line 3 that was earned between March 27, 2020 and December 31, 2020. For me, that was almost everything. By putting that number in the field, though, it then populates Line 12e on Schedule 3 ("Deferral for certain Schedule H or SE filers") and forces me to take that deferral, lowering the 'Federal Tax Due' amount. However, I don't want to defer, I want to pay everything I owe now. But putting "0" in Line 18 is misleading, as that would be stating that I made all of my income before March 27 which was not the case. Is deleting the form a legitimate way around it, though, as it's a "Self-Employment Tax" form and I don't want to file incorrectly? Any luck from TurboTax anyone? I guess I'll just have to wait to file my taxes until there's a definitive answer on how to handle this? I'm not an accountant and would think it's TurboTax's responsibility to take care of this "behind the scenes" kind of stuff.
