The income from the W-2 can be excluded. See instructions at the end.
For the 1099-MIsc,
Instructions
- Open your return.
(To do this, sign in to TurboTax and
click the Take me to my return button.)
- Search for “1099-misc” at the
top. In the search results, click the “Jump to” link.
- Now follow the screens to
enter your 1099-MISC info and answer some questions
IHSS
TurboTax can
exempt income under Notice 2014-7 per the IRS instructions. This Notice provides that
certain payments received by an individual care provider under a state Medicaid
Home and Community-Based Services Waiver (Medicaid waiver) program, are
difficulty of care payments and excludable as income.
If these payments are paid to you in box 1 of form W-2
(they should not), first try to get a corrected Form W-2 from the payer. If you
cannot get a corrected Form W-2, follow these steps:
Do not enter the W-2 in the Wages & Salaries topic. Instead
enter it as Other Reportable Income under
the Miscellaneous Income section.
Take the following steps:
-
Sign in to TurboTax Online, click Continue
your return, then pick up where I left
off (if
you are using TurboTax CD/ Download, then just open your return on your
computer);
- Click
on Federal Taxes at the top of the screen;
- At the bottom of Your Income
box pick the option in blue to help me add other income, then jump to
full list;
- Scroll down the page to the
last section titled: Less common Income and click show more;
- Select start or
update next
to the last topic titled Miscellaneous Income, 1099-A,
1099-C;
- Scroll down to the last
option titled Other reportable income and select start or
edit;
- When it asks, "Any
other reportable income?" say yes then you will make two
entries:
- Your first entry description
would be W-2 EIN # (enter EIN number from W-2) Box 1 Medicaid
Waiver Payments, and
enter the Box 1 amount as a positive number.
- Next you click "Add Another
Miscellaneous Income Item," and enter this description: IRS Notice
2014-7 excludable income and enter the W-2 Box 1 amount as a Negative (-)
number.
This both shows and explains removing the W-2 income, placing a
zero on Line 21 of your Form 1040.
If your W-2 has federal or
state taxes withheld, you can enter these amounts in the Deductions & Credits section
under Other Income Taxes as Withholding
not already entered on W-2.
For more information, refer to IRS Notice 2014–7, 20144
I.R.B. 445 and
the IRS FAQs.