How do I deal with a Form 2210: Line D Withholding error?

[CatinaT1]

Can you tell us the exact problem you are experiencing?

[Jim205]

I've posted a screenshot below. My W2 withholding is $8564.78. A prior post here suggested it was a rounding error problem, so, in addition to entering 4250 as shown,  I tried entering 4249 and 4251, but none of those worked.

[AmyC]

You have to go through the Annualized Adjusted Gross Income ahead of that screen to get the program to accept the numbers you enter. Go back in the program until you see Annualized Income Method and select yes. You can enter the income for the year, each box is cumulative. You will enter income, deductions, and taxes. This will get you through the program without the hassle.

@Jim205

[brad67_67]

That's ridiculous Amy. That is why we are PAYING for Turbo Tax. Why would we have to do this all ourselves and  how do we know what we are entering is correct? Seriously.

I am having the same exact problems and I don't feel confident enough to enter that information and expect it to be accurate. How any I supposed to account for all the deductions, etc...

You guys need to do the right thing and FIX IT.

[brad67_67]

I NEED HELP. I CANNOT FILE MY TAXES UNTIL THIS IS FIXED. WHAT ARE YOU GUYS GOING TO DO ABOUT THIS?

[RobertB4444]

Unfortunately, the solution offered by @AmyC above is the correct one if you are trying to annualize your income in order to reduce your tax penalty.  In this particular instance you can decide not to annualize your income and just pay the penalty or make your best estimates and see if you can reduce your penalty.

@brad67_67 

[brad67_67]

When i initially went through the process it told me that I would to have to pay at penalty, but I would still need to fill out Form 2210 anyways, which it appeared it had filled in for me as expected, but unfortunately when i went to review for errors the below screen shot popped up...is it true that the program is simply not calculating as it should?

Do i need to add all my income up and try to subtract all the deductions and spread them out over the quarters on the annualized income part? I just not sure if how I do this and if it would be correct. I would hate to find myself entering the wrong calculations and end up in trouble...or under or overpay.

For clarification I make quarterly estimated payments, but my wife is a W2. Unfortunately she only had $77 of FIT withheld from her part time job of earned income of 26K. Unfortunately she did not have the right W4 selections :( and this was not caught until it was too late.

Thank you for the help.    RobertB4444

[bfalken]

Same problem here for 2023 tax year using online version. How do you not fix this after multiple years??!!! And it offers only a single context-free box while the form image shows multiple columns. So I entered the total the first time and saw it put that in a column. Then I entered 1/4th the value and it put that in the next column. No way to go back and edit those columns. Seriously!!??

[bfalken]

I would call that a complicated workaround, not "correct". Correct would be for the screen people are stumbling on to actually let you edit the columns, or provide a *labeled* data entry box where you could left and right from column to column. Each year the usability goes down - insufficient context, confusing instructions, data entry screens like this one that don't actually work... I've been using it for years and increasingly feels like you're purposely making it harder so people will opt for your paid professionals. 

[jzack]

I have an issue with Form 2210 saying it didn't add up appropriately like the others but the cause is different. Tried to address on a call with customer service -- they were very friendly but couldn't fix the issue. 

My issue: Line 6 of my form 2210 is filled out incorrectly by Turbotax and I cannot change it. Line 6 is supposed to list my withholdings and should only come directly from my W-2 Box 2 in my situation (I did not withhold anything further or make any quarterly payments). Instead, the figure listed in line 6 is $551 more than what was actually withheld by my company. So, when I input the correct amount by quarter, which is listed on all of my payslips and adds up to my full year W-2 withholdings, it says that I have input an incorrect amount because it is $551 below this made up number.

Not sure how I can solve because I cannot edit Line 6 myself. Looking for help from the tax experts here. 

[MonikaK1]

If you don't wish to use the annualization method in the Underpayment Penalty section, don't meet any exceptions to the penalty, and don't wish to ask the IRS to waive the penalty, you can choose to let the IRS calculate the penalty. If you have already populated Form 2210, you can delete it.

Here's the procedure for deleting unwanted forms, schedules, and worksheets in TurboTax Online:

1. Open or continue your return in TurboTax.
2. In the left menu, select "Tax Tools" and then "Tools".
3. In the pop-up window Tool Center, select "Delete a form".
4. Select "Delete" next to the form you wish to delete. In this case, look for Form 2555 (foreign income) or any other form relating to foreign accounts, and follow the instructions.

If the IRS charges you a penalty and you don't agree with their calculation, you will have the opportunity to respond.

[dakumbra]

Are you serious? This has been an issue for years and your solution is a hugely complicated review of my income for the year OR delete the form and pay more penalty? Why are you being paid money? Why is this a solution? This will be my last year using turboTax and looking forward to scathing reviews every year around tax time. Cheers

[ginoceriani8]

This is still broken can someone please help? I have already paid for your service and am not able to get any help with 2 days to file. 

[MaxLohMusic]

I am having the same issue here. I even tried making them all whole numbers which added up, but it still didn't work. Note this isn't for the FIRST "annualizing" part but rather the SECOND part where it asks if you want to treat withholding as "paid" (which is very confusing wording as well). If you treat withholding as paid, it will give the error that it doesn't add up, and even after you fix it, it won't go away. This is clearly a TurboTax bug that could be quickly fixed by escalating to the engineering team, but for some reason it's not being looked at.

The issue is if you EVER click tha you want to "elect to treat tax withheld as paid" this bug will ALWAYS exist even if you change your answer to "no" in the future! And (as other commenters mentioned) if you look at the screenshot of the document it hilariously tries to align THREE items into FOUR columns (would be hilarious if it wasn't so pathetic and broken). The "fix" literally requires committing tax fraud by changing your FOUR columns into THREE columns. Thanks Turbotax for not even having the flexibility to allow us to workaround your BUG without committing TAX FRAUD.

[willvaughn70]

I actually can't delete it? If I'm using turbotax premium online there is no "tax tools" option in the left hand menu. I've been going insane trying to fix this 2210 line D problem for the past several days. No one seems to know how to fix anything here.