How do we designate the quarters on our return for SE income less than $2000 to add to her quarters for social security eligibility?

I am an employee with only w-2 income. We file jointly and will get a refund. My spouse has a small business that produces maybe $500 a quarter of income. How do we designate her quarters when filing our return so she will receive the social security quarter credit to be eligible for medicare in 20 years?

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Jun 5, 2019 2:58:22 PM

That doesn't go anywhere on the tax form. The Social Security administration gives 1 quarter of coverage for every $1300 of SE wages. So she will get 1 quarter for 2017. See this for more. https://www.ssa.gov/OACT/COLA/QC.html

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Jun 5, 2019 2:58:24 PM

Thank you! I am a bit out of date. The last time I dealt with this, I had to designate the quarter.

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How do we designate the quarters on our return for SE income less than $2000 to add to her quarters for social security eligibility?