Refund listed as tax due

[GRamirez5]

Hello, I'm using the Deluxe software, and a figure that first appears as "other tax paid" in Deductions, appears as the l taxes due number on the final bill. The exact same figure.

In order to justify this figure as the Taxes Due, over $12,000 appears to come out of nowhere as "tax owed" on roughly $26,000 "taxable income."!!

This makes no sense. Please look into it.

[Critter-3]

Since you are using the downloaded program switch to the FORMS mode to review all the forms ... click on the amount in question to see where that figure is coming from.    If you are self employed then did you take into consideration the SE taxes among other things that could be added to the federal taxes owed. 

And if you are working on the 2020 return be aware that the program is far from fully operational yet and will not be until late January at the earliest.

[GRamirez5]

Yes, thank you, it is the self-employment tax in Schedule 2! But I am not self-employed and entered no self-employed income!

[NCperson]

@GRamirez5 - look in forms view and see if there is a 1099C form filled out - delete it if necessary,,,,,

[GRamirez5]

What do I do to correct this?

[Critter-3]

Well do you have a Sch C (not a 1099-C) on the return ?  That is where the SE taxes originated.  

[GRamirez5]

I don't see Sch C, but I do see that most of the amount counted as "self-employed" comes from Box 12 on my W2. That amount comes with the code "DD." My W2's instructions say that "DD" means it's the cost of my sponsored health coverage, and "The amount reported with Code DD is not taxable."

How the heck did this get under self-employed income? How the heck do I get it out?

[NCperson]

you didn't state it, but I assume you are using TT 2020 to estimate your taxes.... you can't actually file until you receive the W-2 in any event.    what you found is probably a bug and will be fixed before the IRS begins accepting tax returns in late January,

I would just zero it out in the short-term.   Again, what matters is what you actual W-2 says comes January. Go into Forms View, pull up the W-2 and zero out line 12. 

[Critter-3]

Ok ... W-2 box 12 code DD is NOT reported anywhere on your income tax return so if that amount is showing up where it should not be go back and review the code you used ... bet you made an error in your data input.  Bet you entered a code A, B, M or N instead of DD.