Check your forms before you file! TT may be having you defer SE tax when you do not intend to do so.
There is apparently a bug in this section of TT (online, at least), according to a tech at the TT help line.
No matter what I answer to the deferral question, TT tells me I am not eligible.
When TT prompted me for Line 18 of Sch SE, I entered the full amountof my SE because in my case all of my SE income fell in that time period.
However, despite my telling TT I did not want to defer, and despite TT's telling me that I was not eligible, TT still entered the maximum deferrable amount from Line 26 of SE onto line 12e of Schedule 3.
When I called TT help I was told this was a known issue and that I would be contacted when it was resolved. I'm not sure if I want to keep waiting, since entering 0 on Schedule SE Line 18 achieves the desired end. Of course in my case that is not technically correct, and think the proper way to make the election is to enter 0 on Schedule 3 line 12e . It's just that I can't get TT to do that for me.
