After you file

Hi Diane,

Thank you. But your instruction is the opposite of Vanessa's earlier instruction.

  • You instruction is to fill in all my W2 info, except for Box 1.
  • Vanessa's instruction is to Delete the W-2 I entered and enter the IHSS payments as Miscellaneous income.
  1. Which option should I use?
  2. When I tried your option, Turbo added the $5000 of tax-exempt wage (from Box 12A) back to my overall tax liability. I'm not eligible for Earned Income Credit. But the $5000 of IHSS care wage should still not be added to the tax section. 

Could you help? On Reddit, folks with similar IHSS wages are saying that they used taxfreeusa.com and HR block, and successfully have file with IHSS wage not added to tax liability.