topic Re: PPP LOAN QUESTION in After you file

PPP LOAN QUESTION

user17718288586 — Mon, 23 Feb 2026 06:49:42 GMT

TURBO TAX IS FORCING ME TO ANSWER A QUESTION REGARDING A PPP LOAN THAT I NEVER HAD. IT WILL NOT ALLOW ME TO ADVANCE TO THE NEXT PAGE, UNLESS I SELECT THAT I HAD A PPP LOAN IN 2020 OR 2021. PROBLEM IS I NEVER HAD A PPP LOAN TO BEGIN WITH...PLEASE ASSIST. ONE

Re: PPP LOAN QUESTION

AnnetteB6 — Mon, 23 Feb 2026 13:27:25 GMT

This is a long shot, but if you were following the steps in a TurboTax help article for How do I enter a parsonage or housing allowance reported on a W-2? and followed a 'jump-to' link for other reportable income, then you can land on the PPP screen you described. The easiest way out is to simply click to another section of your return without answering any questions or filling in any data.

The 'jump to' link is not going to the same place as in the past and you are going through a different/incorrect section of the program. It has been reported that the help article should be corrected.

If you indeed need to adjust for a clergy housing allowance, try using the following steps:

In the Income section of your return, scroll to Less Common Income.
Click Start or Update beside Miscellaneous Income, 1099-A, 1099-C.
Scroll to the bottom of the Let's Work on Any Miscellaneous Income screen and select Start next to Other reportable income.
Answer Yes, and on the Any Other Taxable Income screen, type Clergy Housing Allowance in the description and enter it as a negative number (precede it with a minus sign, for example -10,000).

This will report the housing allowance as a negative adjustment on Form 1040 Schedule 1 line 8z.

Re: PPP LOAN QUESTION

GradMom2009 — Thu, 19 Mar 2026 05:09:48 GMT

I too have been forced to the PPP LOAN QUESTION, even though I have no PPP loan (and, by the way, no clergy income and/or housing either). Since the PPP Loan screen offers no option to skip it, you're forced to choose between 2020 or 2021! So, to placate the program:

- checked the box for 2020 and answered the questions with fake info, specifically $0 tax exempt income

- went to FORMS mode (desktop version) and opened the PPP Loan Statement

- cleared all boxes in the Smart Worksheet located in the bottom half of the PPP Loan Statement

- TurboTax erased all explanatory info from the PPP Loan Statement (effectively creating a blank statement)

- once my return passed TurboTax Federal Review, went back to Forms and deleted the blank PPP Loan Statement