JamesG1
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Get your taxes done using TurboTax

The Self-employment Tax Deferral is reported on the 2020 Federal 1040 tax return on line 31.  Are you seeing the deferral there?

 

Do not short-pay but report the tax deferral in TurboTax Online Self-Employed by following these steps. 

  • Down the left side of the screen, click on Federal.
  • Across the top of the screen, click on Deductions  & credits.
  • Under Your tax breaks, scroll down Tax relief related to COVID-19.  Click Show more to the right.
  • Click on Start / Revisit to the right of Self-employment tax deferral.
  • At the screen Do you want more time to pay your self-employment tax?, click Yes.
  • At the screen Let's start by getting your eligible income, enter an eligible self-employment income
  • Click on Continue.
  • At the screen Tell us how much you'd like to defer, enter the dollar amount.
  • Click Continue.
  • Click through Federal Review to make sure than the Review issue has been removed.
  • At the screen Some of your self-employment taxes may be eligible, click Skip.
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