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Social security income

CharleneB42355 — Wed, 11 Feb 2026 04:36:25 GMT

My social security income isn’t reflected so it only shows deductions but no income so I’m not getting a refund. Why is my income not showing. I manually entered the amount from the SSA-1099

Re: Social security income

xmasbaby0 — Sat, 03 Feb 2024 21:08:07 GMT

Your Social Security is on lines 6a and 6b of your Form 1040. Line 6b shows if any of the SS was taxable.

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Why do you think that is keeping you from getting a refund? Social Security does not count as income for earned income credit or the child tax credit.

Re: Social security income

JohnB5677 — Mon, 05 Feb 2024 14:28:13 GMT

Are you sure that you posted your Social Security Income?

To post your Social Security:

Start at Wages & Income
Scroll down to Social Security (SSA-1099, RRB-1099)
Select Edit/Add
Confirm that you've posted the social security.

If you only have Social Security income, I would not expect you to get a refund.

If you had other income from wages or a retirement account that you did have taxes withheld from, you may generate a refund.

You can preview your tax return by going to:

On the menu bar on the left that shows.
Select Tax Tools
On the drop-down select Tools
On the popup menu
Select View Tax Summary
On the left sidebar
Select Preview my 1040.
Schedules 1,2&3 are included if you scroll down past your 1040.
To return to the entry screens press Back on the sidebar.

Some key numbers on your 1040 tax return are:

Line 6a - Social Security

Line 15 - Taxable Income

Line 24 - Total Tax.

Line 25 d - Withholdings.

Line 26 - Estimated tax payments

Line 33 - Payments including Credits.

Line 34 - Overpayments.

Line 37 - Tax owed.

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