@Maddygaoiran wrote:
In 2020 tax programs........... LACERTE and probably Turbo Tax too are not programmed correctly to handle the FEDERAL WITHHOLDINGS on a Social Security Form 1099-SSA. It keeps asking us to put in the EIN for SOCIAL SECURITY and there is NOT ANY EIN on that form for Social Security Administration! PLEASE GET THIS FIXED ON ALL OF YOUR SOFTWARE FOR 2020. We do NOT have to enter the EIN for SSA because it is ON THE 1099-SSA, NOT ON A 1099-MISC, or A 1099-NEC. A 1099-SSA is NOT THE SAME as those other two forms. PLEASE FIX THIS! NOW. TAX SEASON IS ALREADY UNDER WAY AND WE NEED THIS FIXED IMMEDIATELY!
You are using the wrong section of the program to enter a SSA-1099. It is NOT entered in the section for wages reported on a W-2 nor it is entered in the section for a Form 1099-R.
To enter Social Security benefits reported on form SSA-1099
- Click on Federal Taxes (Personal using Home and Business)
- Click on Wages and Income (Personal Income using Home and Business)
- Click on I'll choose what I work on (if shown)
- Scroll down to Retirement Plans and Social Security
- On Social Security (SSA-1099, RRB-1099), click the start or update button
Or enter ssa-1099 in the Search box located in the upper right of the program screen. Click on Jump to ssa-1099
