topic My employers portion of social security and medicare tax is not getting applied. Instead this amount is showing up in the other taxes category. Am I missing something ? in Retirement tax questions

My employers portion of social security and medicare tax is not getting applied. Instead this amount is showing up in the other taxes category. Am I missing something ?

patrickmhaney — Wed, 11 Feb 2026 03:40:52 GMT

Thank you for your responses.

The issue was just a manual W2 entry error on my part, unrelated to the subject line above. I selected AA (uncollected social security or RRTA tax) instead of A (Roth contribution) and this moved the dollar amount in this box to taxes still owed. The number was within a few hundred dollars of my social security + medicare withholdings, so I assumed that the employer portion of these taxes might be the issue. This was a red herring.

Re: My employers portion of social security and medicare tax is not getting applied. Instead this...

DawnC — Tue, 13 Feb 2024 03:14:34 GMT

Did you enter the W-2? Uploading the w-2 just puts it in the documents folder. You have to enter the information from the w-2 into TurboTax. W-2 income is not treated as self-employment.

To manually enter your W-2 info:

From Tax Home, open or continue your return.
In the search bar, search for W-2.
Select the Jump to link at the top of the search results.
At We'll start with your W-2, select Work on my W-2 and Continue.
- If you land on the Here’s your W-2 info screen, select Add another W-2.
Leave the employer ID section blank and Continue.
Select Type it in myself and Continue.
Follow the instructions to manually enter your W-2 info.

Re: My employers portion of social security and medicare tax is not getting applied. Instead this amount is showing up in the other taxes category. Am I missing something ?

xmasbaby0 — Tue, 13 Feb 2024 03:16:55 GMT

The SS and Medicare part is not put into the tax withheld. Only the amounts from boxes 2 and 17--- for federal and state. You do not get a refund of the amounts withheld for Social Security or Medicare.

Re: My employers portion of social security and medicare tax is not getting applied. Instead this amount is showing up in the other taxes category. Am I missing something ?

VolvoGirl — Tue, 13 Feb 2024 03:22:30 GMT

What do you mean Social Security & Medicare is not getting applied? Applied to what? You don't get SS & Medicare back. It is a mandatory tax. You only get federal tax withholding in box 2 back. And box 17 for state tax withholding. Don't know what or where you're seeing it. Check your actual 1040 return. W2 Federal withholding is on 1040 line 25a.

Re: My employers portion of social security and medicare tax is not getting applied. Instead this amount is showing up in the other taxes category. Am I missing something ?

Momofboyz41 — Sun, 19 Jan 2025 18:52:30 GMT

Did this start this year or for 2025 taxes?

Re: My employers portion of social security and medicare tax is not getting applied. Instead this amount is showing up in the other taxes category. Am I missing something ?

VolvoGirl — Sun, 19 Jan 2025 18:57:07 GMT

@Momofboyz41 You added on to an old thread. What is your quest about? But ss & Medicare withholding hasn’t changed from before.