Glitch in 2023 and 2024 TurboTax 1040 line 6b Tax on SS

[Writeaway]

I've been notified by IRS that this Line 6b (Amount Taxable) should have been filled out after I entered all my income and it wasn't.  Now I owe more money.  TurboTax needs to fill this in after all the income and information is inputted, but it didn't.  My other income made this SSN taxable.  Why did TurboTax not do this?

[xmasbaby0]

It sounds more likely that you entered your SSA1099 in the wrong place and caused a user error.  Where did you enter the SSA1099?

 Go to Federal> Wages & Income>>Retirement Plans and Social Security  (SSA1099 and 1099RRB) to enter your SSA1099.

[VolvoGirl]

You get 0 on 6b if you didn't answer the Foreign question right.   Or if the amount on 6b is too low and you are married you answered it wrong for one spouse.

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 and check, check for each spouse if married. If the IRS adjusted your return you do not need to amend.

[xmasbaby0]

You are mentioning a "glitch" for 2023 and 2024.   As @VolvoGirl mentioned, for 2024 there was a question that asked if you lived in a foreign country in 2024; answering incorrectly could cause you a problem on 6b.   That question was not in the 2023 software, so something else caused you a problem for 2023 if you had the same problem for both years.

[Writeaway]

I answered it Under Retirement and SSN Income in TurboTax like I have been every year.

[Writeaway]

I answered the foreign question correctly. 

[SteamTrain]

As long as form 1040,  line 6a has your gross SS $ amount in it, then it would have to be something else.

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Like perhaps forgetting to enter some of your income in the main section, and the IRS caught the missing income.   

For instance, tax-exempt income (Form 1040, line 2a), isn't normally subject to taxation by the Feds, but does figure into how much SS ends up getting taxed and showing in line 6b