AnnetteB6 writes: "This question is associated with the option to defer paying some of your self-employment tax due to Covid-19. If you are getting a refund for your tax return, then deferring some of the self-employment tax is not an option for you."
I don't think that is right. If you look at the deferral worksheet in the instructions for form 1040 (Page 101), the test is not whether you are getting a refund, but instead whether your Total Tax (1040 Line 24) exceeds your Total Payments. Your Total Tax can exceed your Total Payments and you may still be entitled to a refund if you have refundable credits. It is NOT correct to say that if you are getting a refund then you cannot defer SS taxes. This problem in TT really needs to be fixed and is the source of a lot of confusion in this thread and others.
The fix to the zero problem is easy: Go to Forms, go to the 1040/1040SR Wks, go to line 11 in the "Deferral for Certain Schedule H...Worksheet" and change the amount to $0. This is not an override, just an entry. Save your return. Go back to Step by Step and go to Review. You won't get any more errors.
