Re: I am trying to fill out my tax return ... Self-Employment Tax Schedule SE .. .. Maximum deffe...

I am trying to fill out my tax return ... Self-Employment Tax Schedule SE .. .. Maximum defferal of self employment tax payments

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In order to enter the amount of the self-employment tax payment that you would like to defer:

Go to Deductions and Credits
Scroll to Tax relief related to COVID-19
Last item in this category is Self-employment tax deferral, Click Start
Do you want more time to pay self-employment taxes? Then Yes
Let's start by getting your eligible income, calculated by tax software
Enter self-employment income earned from March 27 to the end of the year in the box
Continue
The next screen will display the amount eligible for deferral. Enter the amount that you wish to defer. If no deferral is desired, enter zero.

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This was confusing as I did not want to defer SE tax so I plugged a zero in line 18 and the program allowed me to continue.

I am trying to fill out my tax return ... Self-Employment Tax Schedule SE .. .. Maximum defferal of self employment tax payments