Delete a Schedule: No need to file Schd SE & pay SE taxes in Canada

[PJB2020]

I am a self-employed Expat living in Canada. Canada & USA have a tax treaty so I do not need to complete Schedule SE. Turbotax automatically generates & populates the form & applies taxes that are not covered under F2555 Foreign Earned Income Exclusion. IRS instructions recommend not filing Schd SE & adding a note to Line 4 on Schd 2 referencing the tax treaty & exemption to SE taxes. The Windows software, however, will not let me delete the schedule. Any thoughts or suggestions?

[SundayInSalem]

TurboTax allows you to remove self-employment tax from your tax return.

Step 1: Remove Schedule SE

• On the PERSONNAL tab, choose Other Tax Situations
• Scroll down to Business taxes
• Select Self-Employment tax
• Choose Make Adjustments
• Enter your net self-employment income as a negative amount

This removes self-employment tax and the deductible part of self-employment tax from Form 1040. However you still need to adjust Form 2555 to remove the S/E tax adjustment.

Step 2: Remove S/E adjustment from Form 2555

• Click on the PERSONAL tab
• Select Personal Income
• Scroll down to Less Common Income
• Update Foreign Earned Income Exclusion
• Keep going until you see Deductions Related to Your Foreign Earned Income
• Remove your Self-Employment tax adjustment

Attach a copy of the statement to Form 1040 or Form 1040-SR from the appropriate agency
of the foreign country verifying that your self-employment income is subject to social security coverage in that country. Enter “Exempt, see attached statement” on Schedule 2 (Form 1040), line 4.

[PJB2020]

Thank you for the excellent response to my question. I have an added twist to this matter -- I prefer using the Forms format for data entry and  I am also trying to amend my 2019 tax return.  I am now having trouble adding a statement to line 4 of Schedule 2.  I cannot override the info fields to add a statement about SE exemption.

[SundayInSalem]

You may have to hand write it. You will not able to e-file. The IRS says write “Exempt, see attached statement” on Schedule 2 (Form 1040), line 4. There's no way to override and put any explanation on that line.

[ABCDEFG3]

wow!  THANK YOU SO MUCH!  I've been trying to figure this out for days and was about to switch to another tax software after  20+ years on turbotax.  Very VERY grateful.  Thank you!