I am using the Turbo premium program and once I entered all relevant data it is not calculating the taxable benefit properly for line 6B for SS benefits?

[jdonnelly6601]

My SS benefits were high enough that line 6B should be 85% of line 6A, but it shows '0'

[DoninGA]

Have you entered all your other income and your SS benefits?

Up to 85% of Social Security Retirement/Disability/Survivors benefits becomes taxable when all your other income plus 1/2 your social security reaches:

Married Filing Jointly - $32,000
Single or Head of Household - $25,000
Married Filing Separately - 0

[jdonnelly6601]

I have entered all income sources, interest, dividends, ect.  Basically I have 50K in SS benefits and should see 85% of it on line 6B, but it shows '0'.  Support via online had no solution even when we discussed over the phone for over 30 minutes.

[DoninGA]

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@jdonnelly6601 wrote:

I have entered all income sources, interest, dividends, ect.  Basically I have 50K in SS benefits and should see 85% of it on line 6B, but it shows '0'.  Support via online had no solution even when we discussed over the phone for over 30 minutes.

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Look at your Form 1040.  What is the total of Lines 1z, 2a, 2b, 3b, 4b 5b, 7 and 8?  Do you have amounts from Schedule 1 Lines 11 thru 20 and 23 and 25?  If so, how much?

What is your filing status?

[jdonnelly6601]

On the Turbo program the total for line 9 is 5460, but is missing the 85% for line 6A.  I have no schedule 1 and file married/jointly.

[DoninGA · Accepted solution]

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@jdonnelly6601 wrote:

On the Turbo program the total for line 9 is 5460, but is missing the 85% for line 6A.  I have no schedule 1 and file married/jointly.

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If Line 6a is $50k then it is very possible that you will not have any taxable SS benefits.

Your total other income =$5,460 + One-half of your SS benefits of $25k = $30,460 which is below $32,000 for Married Filing Jointly

[jdonnelly6601]

That makes sense and I also reviewed the IRS publication on SS benefits, so I thank you so much for your time and consideration.