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Opus 17 · ‎March 15, 2022

@36cimona55 wrote:

Ok then what I'll do is just put in the box 6 amount from 1099 MISC for the amount of back wages so I can move on to the next page. TT is very specific about this but again, it's not specifically mentioned or broken down in 1099 MISC. It does mention that "25% of individual settlement amounts are for unpaid wages" but nothing more. There are 11 separate lines showing different amounts on the bottom left corner of my 1099 form adding up to the check amount but none show anything for back wages specifically which TT evidently requires. It won't even let me move on and return to that page later.

I don't understand what you are talking about.

"Ok then what I'll do is just put in the box 6 amount from 1099 MISC for the amount of back wages"

Box 6 of the 1099-MISC is money paid to you for medical payments, not back wages.

This is what a 1099-MISC should look like. If the payer issued a "substitute 1099-MISC" statement, only the amounts that correspond to the official 1099 actually count. (For example, box 3 of the 1099 is non-wage income. ) If you have a statement that summarizes different income calculations but they all total up to box 3 non-wage income, that is what you would enter in Turbotax. It is very uncommon to have any other boxes in the 1099-MISC being used, even if your statement shows other info. Read your statement very carefully and make sure you know what actually goes in the 1099-MISC boxes.

Your answers have been so confusing that I can't properly help you. You have to know what has happened, only you have your documents. You just said 25% is back wages. So why don't you know the amount of back wages?

If you got a W-2 for part of the money and a 1099 for the rest, then all the W-2 is back wages and NONE of the 1099 is back wages.