Hello all, I am a minister who is receiving Minister's Housing Allowance and I have moved to a different ministry in the last quarter of 2020 so I have two separate W2's from two different ministries.
On the W2 reflecting January - August, MHA amount shown on line 14 is properly deducted on line 1, and line 2 has withholding amounts shown and lines 4 and 6 for social security and Medicare taxes are blank.
However, the second W2 from the new ministry reflecting September - December shows two "MHA" amounts on line 14, where only the lesser of the two MHA's got applied onto the line 1 of W2. Also, this second W2 has line 4 "Social Security tax withheld" and line 6 "Medicare tax withheld" filled out. My understanding was that if I receive Minister's Housing Allowance I am supposed to follow SECA in filing for Social Security and Medicare taxes so lines 4 and 6 are supposed to be blank?
So my questions are these:
1. Can I put down different number on TurboTax than what is written on line 1 of my W2 to reflect correct amount of MHA subtraction? Or having a different number than what is written on W2 raises a red flag on IRS's end? Should I ask my ministry to correct the W2?
2. Should I not mind about the fact that lines 4 and 6 are filled on my W2 and go ahead with the Self Employment filing for the Social Security and Medicare taxes? Or should I contact my ministry to ask them to fix the W2 before going any further?
Hope this makes sense. Thank you all for reading and I would appreciate your valuable feedbacks!
