TurboTax loading Schedule A 5a with Medicare Tax Withholding, not State Tax Withholding

Sargent — Wed, 11 Feb 2026 06:54:46 GMT

Anyone else notice that TurboTax is loading Schedule A 5a with Medicare Tax Withholding as opposed to State Tax Withholding? And is this correct???

Re: TurboTax loading Schedule A 5a with Medicare Tax Withholding, not State Tax Withholding

Sargent — Sun, 03 Mar 2024 14:13:56 GMT

Correction - loading with Social Security Tax Withholding (W-2 box 4), not State Tax Withholding (W-2 box 17)

Re: TurboTax loading Schedule A 5a with Medicare Tax Withholding, not State Tax Withholding

AnnetteB6 — Wed, 06 Mar 2024 14:23:01 GMT

Schedule A should not be reporting either Medicare tax withholdings or Social Security tax withholdings. It could be including sales tax or state taxes withheld or paid.

If your return is showing either the Medicare or Social Security tax withholdings on Schedule A line 5a, it would be helpful to have a diagnostic copy of your tax file so that this situation can be examined further.

The diagnostic file will not contain personally identifiable information, only numbers related to your tax forms. If you would like to provide us with the diagnostic file, follow the instructions below and post the token number along with which version of TurboTax you are using and what states you are filing in a follow-up thread.

Use these steps if you are using TurboTax Online:

Sign in to your account and be sure you are in your tax return.
Select Tax Tools in the menu to the left.
Select Tools.
Select Share my file with agent.
A pop-up message will appear, select OK to send the sanitized diagnostic copy to us.
Post the token number here.

If you are using a CD/downloaded version of TurboTax, use these steps:

Select Online at the top of the screen.
Select Send Tax File to Agent.
Click OK.
Post the token number here.

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TurboTax loading Schedule A 5a with Medicare Tax Withholding, not State Tax Withholding

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