If I have federal tax withheld on a w-2 can I also report that withholding as self employment estimated payments as clergy?

[Opus 17]

No.  Your tax payments into the system are your withholdings plus any estimated payments you made.  If you reported withholding as an estimated payment, you would be counting the same money twice, and the IRS will catch that and adjust your tax return and refund accordingly.

[bwhardesty]

The church has sent in my quarterly estimated tax payments and reported them on the w-2 as box 2 Federal withholding. Is that correct? And if so, when filing in Turbo Tax do I report it with the w-2  and then add it as estimated payments later or just the w-2 portion? Thanks for your help!

[Opus 17]

The numbers on the W-2 have to match the numbers on the church's payroll tax returns which is a form 941 or form 944.  If they withheld federal taxes and remitted them to the IRS with their form 941/944, then the W-2 is correct and you would not enter any extra payments as estimated payments unless you made additional payments on your own.

However, if they were writing checks and depositing them directly into your IRS account (such as by using the direct pay web site or by mailing checks with vouchers in your name) then the W-2 is wrong and you can't file with it.  The church needs to issue a corrected W-2C that only shows your box 1 wages (assuming they did not remit federal withholding, FICA or medicare on form 941/944).  Then you would enter the church payments under "estimates and other taxes paid."  The church should give you copies of the canceled checks or the electronic payments receipts to show what was put into your account at the IRS.