Hello Critter and Volvo, I want to followup. I'm not sure I made it clear. As we know, social sec. monthly benefits deduct the payment for Medicare. The soc.sec.1099 indicates both amounts. It's the Medicare portion that I couldn't be sure will be automatically calculated by Turbo when you enter the full soc.sec. amount you receive. So I pretty much followed Critter's amazing diagrams. And I also tried simply following the Turbo guide me. They lead to the same place. I didn't break the numbers down. I entered the soc.sec.1099 amount in full. And Turbo somehow figured out how much went to Medicare. And the number is correct!
Thank you both. Sorry about my delay. The return had me up so late that yesterday was thrown off.
