Form 1040/1040SR Wks Line 11 is your adjusted gross income. I suspect that this may involve a self-employment tax deferral entry.
Particularly if you were in this section and then decided against it, there may be a lingering entry.
If this applies to you, I recommend three steps.
First, try simply deleting the zero in the Check this entry field.
Second, if the error persists, revisit the section for the Self-employment tax deferral entry:
- Return to the Deductions & Credits section
- Scroll to Tax relief related to COVID-19 and Show More
- Select Self-employment tax deferral and select Revisit
- Answer Yes at the next screen to get back to Let's start by getting your eligible income.
- If you do not want to defer any self-employment income, "Enter your eligible self-employment income" should be blank.
- Select Continue.
- At Tell us how much you'd like to defer, "Enter amount" should be blank.
- Select Continue
- Scroll down and select Wrap up Tax Breaks and Continue.
- At Charitable Cash Contributions under Cares Act, if you made cash donations to eligible organizations, enter the amount up to $300 for all taxpayers except married filing separate, who would each have a maximum of $150 and Continue. If this does not apply, leave this entry blank.
- I recommend running through the Federal Review again.
Third, if the error is still in the return,
- Delete the Sch SE that applies--(Sch SE-T is for Taxpayer, Sch SE-S for Spouse)--by following these steps:
- From the left menu, select Tax Tools
- Select Tools
- Scroll to Delete a Form
- Scroll to Sch SE-T and/or Sch SE-S and select Delete
- Return to the self-employment income & expenses interview in the Income & Expenses section and select Edit/Add
- Select Edit for your business
- Scroll down to Done so that the Sch SE is recalculated
- Finish any other questions in the self-employment interview and click Continue.
- Review the return again
[Edited 02/20/2021 | 5:04 AM PST]
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