Deductions & credits

This is not related to withholding from your benefit payments, this is about new SS tax withholding from your part-time job paycheck.

 

There are two issues that can cause "too much social security."  One is if your total social security withholding from your job (W-2 box 4) is more than $8230.  The other issue is if box 4 is more than 6.2% of box 3.  Turbotax seems very sensitive to rounding this year.  For example, if your wages are $9232, your SS tax should be $578.58.  Turbotax will round that up to $579 and then report that as "too much SS tax withheld". 

 

Double-check your W-2 that all the numbers are correct.  If you still get the error message, try reducing the box 4 amount by $1.  It should clear the error and won't create a problem with the IRS.