topic Can I income average to reduce tax bill? retired Dec 31, 2018 and took rmd for 2018 and 2019 in 2019. also, was paid lump sum for unused vacation. tax increased alot in Retirement tax questions https://ttlc.intuit.com/community/retirement/discussion/can-i-income-average-to-reduce-tax-bill-retired-dec-31-2018-and-took-rmd-for-2018-and-2019-in-2019/01/1104992#M85526 if qualify for income averaging, how do i do this using turbo tax? Fri, 07 Feb 2020 14:09:36 GMT wandarhodes 2020-02-07T14:09:36Z Can I income average to reduce tax bill? retired Dec 31, 2018 and took rmd for 2018 and 2019 in 2019. also, was paid lump sum for unused vacation. tax increased alot https://ttlc.intuit.com/community/retirement/discussion/can-i-income-average-to-reduce-tax-bill-retired-dec-31-2018-and-took-rmd-for-2018-and-2019-in-2019/01/1104992#M85526 if qualify for income averaging, how do i do this using turbo tax? Fri, 07 Feb 2020 14:09:36 GMT https://ttlc.intuit.com/community/retirement/discussion/can-i-income-average-to-reduce-tax-bill-retired-dec-31-2018-and-took-rmd-for-2018-and-2019-in-2019/01/1104992#M85526 wandarhodes 2020-02-07T14:09:36Z Re: Can I income average to reduce tax bill? retired Dec 31, 2018 and took rmd for 2018 and 2019 in 2019. also, was paid lump sum for unused vacation. tax increased alot https://ttlc.intuit.com/community/retirement/discussion/re-can-i-income-average-to-reduce-tax-bill-retired-dec-31-2018-and-took-rmd-for-2018-and-2019-in/01/1104997#M85527 <P>Income averaging is not available on a tax return except for certain farmers and fishermen.</P> Fri, 07 Feb 2020 14:11:17 GMT https://ttlc.intuit.com/community/retirement/discussion/re-can-i-income-average-to-reduce-tax-bill-retired-dec-31-2018-and-took-rmd-for-2018-and-2019-in/01/1104997#M85527 DoninGA 2020-02-07T14:11:17Z Re: Can I income average to reduce tax bill? retired Dec 31, 2018 and took rmd for 2018 and 2019 in 2019. also, was paid lump sum for unused vacation. tax increased alot https://ttlc.intuit.com/community/retirement/discussion/re-can-i-income-average-to-reduce-tax-bill-retired-dec-31-2018-and-took-rmd-for-2018-and-2019-in/01/1105229#M85530 <P>Income averaging ended in 1986, with the only exceptions mentioned by&nbsp;<a href="https://ttlc.intuit.com/community/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/113">@DoninGA</a> .</P> Fri, 07 Feb 2020 14:57:48 GMT https://ttlc.intuit.com/community/retirement/discussion/re-can-i-income-average-to-reduce-tax-bill-retired-dec-31-2018-and-took-rmd-for-2018-and-2019-in/01/1105229#M85530 TomD8 2020-02-07T14:57:48Z