topic Re: How can I fix this error - "Check This Entry, 1040/1040SR Wks: Excessive FICA withheld: Excess Social Security or Tier 1RRTA Tax Withheld should not have a value......" in Retirement tax questions

How can I fix this error - "Check This Entry, 1040/1040SR Wks: Excessive FICA withheld: Excess Social Security or Tier 1RRTA Tax Withheld should not have a value......"

bfsheng — Sun, 29 Mar 2020 21:46:50 GMT

I'm at the last step - filing. After I chose "efile" and went through a few screens about me and my wife's driver license, I came to a screen letting me to "Fix Federal Return". After I clicked it, I came to a screen saying "Check This Entry: 1040/1040SR Wks: Excessive FICA withheld: Excess Social Security or Tier 1RRTA Tax Withheld should not have a value. Neither spouse has more than 1 W-2 in the return". The value in the field labeled as "Excess FICA withheld" was "1.". I removed it and hit button "Continue", then the screen telling me to "fix Federal Return" showed up again. The only other option is to "File by Mail", which I don't want to. Anybody's got similar experience and how you fixed it eventually? Thanks a lot!

Re: How can I fix this error - "Check This Entry, 1040/1040SR Wks: Excessive FICA withheld: Excess Social Security or Tier 1RRTA Tax Withheld should not have a value......"

VolvoGirl — Sun, 29 Mar 2020 21:50:23 GMT

There was something about that earlier. I don't know if they figured it out or what to do. @dmertz do you remember the outcome? Did we ask the moderator to look into it?

Re: How can I fix this error - "Check This Entry, 1040/1040SR Wks: Excessive FICA withheld: Excess Social Security or Tier 1RRTA Tax Withheld should not have a value......"

VolvoGirl — Sun, 29 Mar 2020 22:00:19 GMT

I found the original post about this but there wasn't a resolution

https://ttlc.intuit.com/community/retirement/discussion/why-would-my-1040-show-a-1-on-line-11-schedule-3-excessive-social-security-tier-1-ssta-2-w2/00/1242398

Maybe you should call support and give them a diagnostic copy of your file

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