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Difficulty in Care payments

rook_454 — Wed, 13 May 2020 11:55:13 GMT

My wife receives difficulty in care payments for providing in home care for my disabled son. The W-2 she receives is blank for Box 1 because these payments are excluded from federal income taxes in accordance with IRS Notice 2014-7. However, the blank Box 1 prevents electronic filing of our return. Is there any way to avoid this electronic filing rejection?

Re: Difficulty in Care payments

CatinaT1 — Wed, 13 May 2020 13:42:31 GMT

Enter a 0 for box 1.

Re: Difficulty in Care payments

Hal_Al — Wed, 13 May 2020 13:50:52 GMT

If you are EIC eligible, read the first reply at this post:

https://ttlc.intuit.com/community/tax-credits-deductions/discussion/re-if-my-ihss-income-is-excludable-does-this-mean-i-cant-use-it-towards-earned-income-credit/01/994594#M112230

Re: Difficulty in Care payments

rook_454 — Wed, 13 May 2020 15:29:08 GMT

Thanks but I rechecked the W-2 and 0.00 was entered in Box 1. I also checked the error I got in Turbo Tax and it says that I can't e-file because Box 1 is blank or the value entered is less than $1.00.

If there is no other easy way, perhaps the best way to go is to list the income in Box 1 and then back it out on line 8 of Schedule 1.