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How can I remove the form 8959 requirement from my return?

rklthe3rd — Tue, 27 Jan 2026 17:14:58 GMT

Apologies if this is a repeat but I tried posting this three times and never got a link or could find the post. TurboTax is making me upgrade to file my return due to form 8959. I do not meet any of the requirements for this form and I do not want it. I tried to delete it but it keeps prompting me to upgrade. The cost of upgrading is almost as much as my return. Please let me know how to remove this requirement.

Re: How can I remove the form 8959 requirement from my return?

CatinaT1 — Tue, 27 Jan 2026 17:29:07 GMT

You are seeing this because the amount of Medicare taxes withheld in box 6 is not exactly 1.45% of the Medicare wages in box 5, due to rounding.

DoninGA found that if you remove any cents for the Medicare wages (Box 5), this will clear the need for Form 8959.

Double check your entries for your W2s. You could have a Box 6 withholding error or misplaced decimal point in Box 5 (e.g., entering $50,000.00 as $500,000) will trigger the form.

Go to Wages & Income and select Edit/Add next to your W-2.
Check Box 5 and Box 6 for every W-2 entered.
Ensure Box 6 is exactly 1.45% of Box 5. If it is off by a few cents (e.g., the W-2 shows $145.01 instead of $145.00), rounding it to the nearest dollar may remove the form requirement.

If the amount in Box 6 (Medicare tax withheld) is more than 1.45% of the amount in Box 5 (Medicare wages), TurboTax must generate Form 8959 to claim a refund of that overpayment. Even a discrepancy of $1 due to employer rounding can trigger this.

If your W2 entries are correct, delete the form:

Select Tax Tools from the left menu, then Tools.
Select Delete a form.
Find Form 8959 and click Delete.
Note: If the data in your W-2 still points to an overpayment, TurboTax will automatically re-generate the form during the final review.

Re: How can I remove the form 8959 requirement from my return?

daroy73 — Sat, 31 Jan 2026 17:21:50 GMT

I did all of this and it is still saying I need the form. I made less than 50,000

Re: How can I remove the form 8959 requirement from my return?

DoninGA — Sat, 31 Jan 2026 17:24:33 GMT

@daroy73 wrote:

I did all of this and it is still saying I need the form. I made less than 50,000

Delete the w-2 and re-enter. Make sure the amount in box 6 is 1.45% or less of the amount in box 5.