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When will Turbotax update to reflect the tax relief on the first $10200 of unemployment benefits?

 
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MinhT1
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When will Turbotax update to reflect the tax relief on the first $10200 of unemployment benefits?

The new ARP bill has exempted from taxation up to $10,200 of unemployment benefits received in 2020.

 

However, this bill has just been signed on March 11. Please be patient. The IRS will provide guidance within two to three weeks on what taxpayers need to do. And TurboTax will always timely assist their customers.

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When will Turbotax update to reflect the tax relief on the first $10200 of unemployment benefits?

Isn't this just a matter of subtracting the $10,200 for the amount entered for unemployment? If not should that at least give one an idea of what their tax liability should look like with this change?

When will Turbotax update to reflect the tax relief on the first $10200 of unemployment benefits?

Not entirely.  If a person had withholding for income  tax from the unemployment compensation [UC}, then the amount of UC needs to be entered  along with the withheld taxes and then TT needs to determine the UC to be non-taxable under the new law but credit the taxes withheld as payments, just like other withheld taxes.

When will Turbotax update to reflect the tax relief on the first $10200 of unemployment benefits?

There is also the issue of State returns, as some states tax UE comp, but may not yet have decided whether to do the same as Federal.  In any case, the IRS (and states, as applicable) must approve TT's programming changes before they can be released.

When will Turbotax update to reflect the tax relief on the first $10200 of unemployment benefits?

So it's just a waiting game until TT can update their software? Also isn't the 3rd stimulus checks dependent on one's return, if so then that will get delayed as well?

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