Turbo tax removed my original post because it incriminated them. I'm reposting and will continue to do so. ANYONE who had unemployment, EITC AND on social security got screwed due to an internal error in Turbo Tax software. This came directly from the IRS. In TT, their software accounted for the 10,200 deduction for unemployment, HOWEVER, the remaining balance was INCLUDED as income for social security. You are only taxed on social security on EARNED income. Unemployment is not considered earned income. When I filed, I followed TT instructions and even had an assistant guide me through the unemployment portion. the IRS directly told me anyone filing using TT in this situation is sitting in the errors resolution department because TT software accounted for the 10,200, however FAILED in including the remaining balance of unemployment as being earned income, which eliminated or reducing EITC and taxing my widows social security benefits for my child (and anyone else on SSI or in my situation) 50-85% of their social security income. So, i was accepted 4/13 and it is now 7/15 and I am still waiting because TT software sucks! I will continue to post this even when they delete it hoping anyone in the future that is thinking about using TT does not! I have used them since 2013 and will no longer be trusting their incompetent software program again. It was bad enough because of TT and their direct deposit crap I was delayed in getting my much needed stimulus payment, but now due to another internal error on their end I am having to wait an unfathomable amount of time waiting for a desperately needed tax return. In addition, when I manually did my taxes in comparison to the TT disasterous return, Im supposed to get back $3405 MORE than what TT said because of the numerous internal errors in their tax software! I know they will reply to this yet again with another "cut and paste" response from the IRS or another "cut and paste" instructions on how I was supposed to enter the information...wrong! I did exactly what I was supposed to do. TT needs to own up to yet another fatal error in their lame tax software!
