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Possibly. If you didn't earn more than $137,700 and do not have multiple W2s, it wont impact your tax. Employers had the option to defer the employee share of social social security by orders sign near the end of 2020. The social security tax withheld in box 4 should be 6.2% of the social security wage amount in box 3.
If you had only one employer during 2020 and your Form W-2c, Corrected Wages and Tax Statement, for 2020 only shows a correction to box 4 (or to box 14 for employees who pay RRTA tax) to account for employee Social Security (or Tier 1 RRTA tax) that was deferred in 2020 and withheld in 2021 pursuant to Notice 2020-65, no further steps are required.
However, if you had two or more employers in 2020 and your Form W-2c for 2020 shows a correction to box 4 (or to box 14 for employees who pay RRTA tax) to account for employee Social Security (or Tier 1 RRTA tax) that was deferred in 2020 and withheld in 2021, you should use the amount of Social Security tax (or Tier 1 RRTA tax) withheld reported on the Form W-2c to determine whether you had excess Social Security tax (or Tier 1 RRTA tax) on wages (or compensation) paid in 2020.
For $80, even if you did have a credit coming for excess SS for having total earnings over 137,700 on multiple W2s, I would continue through and file then when the W2c does show up, amend your return for the W2c at that time. It does not cost anything to amend your return with TurboTax.