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Yes, you will enter the amount on your W-2 from Box 14. After you enter your Form W-2 you will be asked some additional questions. On the screen that says "Let's check for uncommon situations" you will check the box "Religious Employment" You will also see a screen that says "Let's dig into your religious employment" on that screen you will select "Clergy."   This will let TurboTax  know that your housing allowance in Box 14 is not taxable.   A minister's housing allowance (sometimes called a parsonage allowance or a rental allowance) is excludable from gross income for income tax purposes.     Your TurboTax screens will look something like this:             Click here for Ministers and Taxes  

After spending an hour on the phone with Tech Support this tax season, was referred to the IRS to have them check how many returns have been filed under my phone number.  Honestly, felt like this was a long shot, as couldn't imagine the IRS tracking federal tax returns via phone numbers.  Really?  People change their phone numbers constantly, so that would be absurd that the IRS would track federal returns in that manner.  Once discussed with an IRS respresentative today, said the same thing.  This issue is definitely a TURBOTAX ISSUE, not the IRS.  So, am at the same point as last year, 2024 for 2023 tax year.  Have to manually print out all tax returns and mail them to the IRS.     After only submitting one efile, unable to efile the remaining four tax returns.  Not a paid tax preparer, but have our own taxes, four kids and our elderly parents and help with their taxes for the past 10 years out of the kindness of our hearts.  This is the second year with similar error message and after using TurboTax for the past 10 years, I WILL NEVER USE TURBOTAX AGAIN!!    

No, that box is used by the Payroll Department and can hold almost anything.  SOMETIMES it reports taxes, but usually the people that are subject to these types of tax know they pay them and they know how to report Box 14.  Since the amount is over 2,000, I suggest you ask the employer's payroll department.  It sounds like some sort of Reimbursement, and you might just use the "other" category in the TurboTax program.    @gtrpaulj 

@ JenniferPLivingston91 wrote: Turbotax is automatically giving me the Deluxe version (129.00).  I want the 79.00 version without tax professionals filing my stuff.  It is not giving the option to choose this.  Please help It must have given you LIVE Deluxe.   Are you already in that edition?   If so, see this:   FAQ:  How do I remove TurboTax Live? https://ttlc.intuit.com/community/downgrading/help/how-do-i-remove-turbotax-live/01/27312

Manual install of update worked for me today.....I downloaded the superpatch for TT 2024 (I'm using Premier 2024)...extracted files...restarted TT and was able to eFile my taxes....finally after an hour of searching for clues...   I tried: -restarting computer - running updates did not want to uninstall/reinstall as i have had problems with that before.   I had my most complex filing this year...so possibly software needed the patch due to number of stock transactions (found this is another post)....  hope the superpatch works for you!

If you're using TurboTax Desktop, make sure your program is updated.  You can do a Manual Update.    If this doesn't resolve the error, go back to your K-1 entry and enter $0 in Box R on the K1 and Report $23,000 on line 6a and $7500 on line 6c of the worksheet.   If you're using TurboTax Online, clear your Cache and Cookies and step through the section again.    Let us know if it doesn't resolve for you.   Here's more info on Entering a Solo 401K Contribution.   @dd8840