1040-SR line 6b is in error

[onewaytopayday]

receiver a notice from the IRS, stating that the calculation was incorrect, it looks like I'm not the only one. 

I've already paid the taxes owed, is TurboTax fixing the issue???

[xmasbaby0]

We have been seeing users who missed or answered incorrectly on the screen that comes right after entering their SSA1099.  The next screen asks if you lived in certain foreign countries while receiving SS.   If you answered incorrectly or skipped past that screen, it affected the taxability of your SS, resulting in the letter you received.

[VolvoGirl]

What usually happens is the IRS changed some other income on your return. Like the taxable amount of a 1099R you got or you missed entering some income. Like if a 1099R got entered on the wrong line 1040 line 4 or 5, the IRS would miss it and think you didn’t report it. By increasing your other income it made more of your SS taxable.

Or There is a new question this year asking if you lived in a foreign place. People have been answering it wrong or skipping it. Go back through the Social Security entries.

[onewaytopayday]

I verified the question about a living in foreign countries, they are no to all 

[VolvoGirl]

Did you have an amount on line 6b or 0?  How to contact Turbo Tax
https://ttlc.intuit.com/community/using-turbotax/help/how-do-i-contact-turbotax/00/26991

[onewaytopayday]

yes there is an amount on 6b

[VolvoGirl]

Ok I tested it.  You get 0 on 6b if you didn't answer the Foreign question right.  But since you have an amount on 6b then it not for the Foreign question.  So the IRS  must have increased some other of your income.

As I said.....Like the taxable amount of a 1099R you got or you missed entering some income. Like if a 1099R got entered on the wrong line 1040 line 4 or 5, the IRS would miss it and think you didn’t report it. By increasing your other income it made more of your SS taxable.  Oh, is the full amount of your SSA-1099 in box 6a?  

[onewaytopayday]

The notice from the IRS lowered my taxes, I'm thinking I'll need to file a amended return, however if TT is making a error in calculation my SS income, I would not be able to file using TT.

[VolvoGirl]

No don't amend since the IRS already corrected your return and you paid the tax due.  Or until you figure out what other income the IRS changed or you left out.   I would double check all your 1099R forms, that they are on the right line 4 or 5 and you got the right taxable amount on 4b and 5b.  

No, Turbo Tax has not been making any calculation errors on SS.  

[onewaytopayday]

the amount I paid was higher than the new amount, will they refund the difference? 

[VolvoGirl]

What?  I'm lost.  Are you saying you had a tax due on the original return that you paid?  Now the IRS  reduced your tax due?  Yes they should send you the difference back.  So did the IRS reduce the amount on 6b?  

[onewaytopayday]

they lowered the amount on line 11, 15 and 24 of 1040-SR

[onewaytopayday]

they lowered the amount of taxable SS benefits 

[VolvoGirl]

That’s a new one to me.  Did they lower line 11 by the same amount they lowered 6b or lower line  11 more?

[onewaytopayday]

I assumed they lowered line 6b, but they just said the lowered the taxable amount of SS because of an error in computation of the taxable amount , they did not say line 6b. That's the only place I see SS amounts.