After you file

If you are e-filing your return, you will need to fill out Schedule H in TurboTax so that it is transmitted with your return.  If you are going to mail in your return, just include the paper copy of Schedule H prepared by the payroll company.

Schedule H will calculate the Household Employment Taxes you owe, but you also need to enter the tax payments  you paid under "estimated taxes."

Prepare Schedule H

To prepare a Schedule H in TurboTax, please follow these steps:

1. Click on Federal Taxes > Other Tax Situations.  [In TT Self-Employed: Personal > Personal Income > I’ll choose what I work on > Other Tax Situations.]
2. Scroll down to the Additional Tax Payments section and click on the Start/Revisit box next to Nanny and Household Employee Tax.
3. Continue through the screens, entering the required information.
   

Enter tax payments

Federal withholding is reported in the process of preparing Schedule H.  To report any federal/state/local tax payments you made, please follow these steps:

1. Click on Federal Taxes >  Deductions & Credits.  [In TT Self-Employed:  Personal > Deductions & Credits]
2. In the Estimates and Other Taxes Paid section, click on the Start/Update box next to Estimates.
3. On the next screen, click on the Start/Revisit box next to Federal [or State or local] estimated taxes for 2016. 
4. Enter your payment(s) on the next screen, How much did you pay in Federal [or State or local] estimated taxes?