How my spouse (age66) Retired received $ 8,523 in u.s.dollers from Canada as oldage & social securety income, how do I report it?

[DoninGA · Accepted solution]

If she is a US citizen or US resident residing in the US then the Canada OAS is treated as U.S. Social Security benefits for U.S. tax purposes.  The benefit is entered in box 5 of the TurboTax US Social Security 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