You may have to add temporary income to your self-employment activity to gain access to the self-employment tax deferral interview questions. Then follow these steps in the Step-by-Step.
- Across the top of the screen, click on Personal.
- Across the top of the screen, click on Deductions & credits.
- At the screen How do you want to enter your deductions and credits? click on I'll choose what I work on.
- Under Your 2020 Deductions & Credits, scroll down to Tax relief related to COVID-19.
- Click on Start / Update 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, delete the dollar amount or change this amount to $0.
- Click on Continue.
- At the screen Tell us how much you'd like to defer, delete the dollar amount or change the dollar amount to $0.
- Click Continue.
- Scroll down and click Done with Deductions.
- 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.
Remember to remove the temporary income.
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