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There is a workaround for that (see below). It seems as if you may have gone through this section before you were ready to submit your return, which makes sense because it is in the Deductions & Credits section. If you did and previously requested to defer an amount, you will get that error.
Try deleting the Schedule SE first and see if it goes away before you resort to the option below... @mtbrady2
Line 18 of Sched SE is the total amount of eligible income (income earned from 03/27/-12/31). Entering 0 on Line 18 alone is not going to remove the error if you have previously entered an amount to be deferred. If the error is taking you to a worksheet that shows a deferral amount of 0, delete that 0 and leave the field blank; you should be able to continue filing without error.
If deleting the amount on Line 18 of Sched SE or deleting/clearing out the 0 from the worksheet in the review section does not work, you may need to add some temporary income to be able to remove this error. The extra steps below are for people who previously elected to defer taxes that they do not owe and are unable to correct the error in the interview.
You can't defer the tax if you are showing a refund due to you and/or don't owe any SE tax. So, if you completed the form while you were not showing a refund amount, but after entering additional information, you now show a refund - you will get a message that says ''Looks like you are not eligible for this deferral'' when you go through the interview.
In this case, to be able to remove the adjustment in the interview, you can add another line item of Other Self-Employment income of 100K (see image below) before you go through the interview. Then, after your return is in a ''no refund'' state, go through the interview. Be sure to remove the extra income you added before you file! If you receive another error for the 0 on the worksheet, delete the 0, leave the field blank, and continue filing your return.
I (1)added the temporary income to Schedule C - Other income, (2)went through the deferral questions again, and then (3) deleted the income. No error.
