Why am I being requested to enter an amount on line 22 of the SE-T?

[KathrynG3]

Leave the response blank.

The amount for Line 22 of Schedule SE is an allocation of income earned between March 27 and December 31, 2020. This is needed to properly calculate deferring 50% of self-employment taxes.

If the program is not accepting No, I do not wish to defer any self-employment taxes, but needs to update, it may be from the following scenario:

• While the return was in a balance due, the tax return was eligible for the Cares Act self-employment tax deferral option. This section was completed.
• However, as more details were entered and the results changed to a refund, the SE tax deferral option was no longer available. 

As initially indicated, to manually update your program, at the check this entry, enter nothing--leave the response blank. Run the review again to confirm the issue is resolved.

If you are still experiencing unexpected results, click this link for more solutions:

Resolving the Sch SE tax deferral adjustment.