You can enter the federal Public Safety Officer exclusion by doing this in your tax return:
- Select the Wages and Income tab shown under the Federal Taxes heading
- Click the "I'll choose what I work on" button
- Scroll down to the Retirement and Social Security section
- Click Start or Update next to IRA, 401(K), Pension Plan Withdrawals (Form 1099-R)
- Begin navigating through the prompts, and select the "employed as safety officer" answer
- Answer Yes to the health insurance question, click Continue
- Enter the amount of health insurance premiums (the amount cannot exceed $3,000)
- Click Continue
The Public Safety Officer retirement income exclusion varies from state to state. TurboTax will ask if the income is public safety officer income. Do this while in your return to determine if the exclusion applies for your state:
- Select the State tab
- Click Continue and select your State
- Navigate
through the prompts until you reach "Here's the
income that (Your State) handles differently"
- Under
the Retirement heading
scroll to Retired Correctional, Law
Enforcement, Fire, or Rescue Pension
- Click Start and begin answering the prompts to determine the
income exclusion that you are allowed.
If you do not receive a prompt in the State section to enter the exclusion, then different rules may apply to your state.
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