I am posting W2 for a small church the minister receives a parsonage deduction. The minister is by vocational (works two jobs) so we also take taxes from a portion of his check. Turbo tax won't allow me to enter 00 in box 1, 3 and 5 and place a value in box 2. Of course, the deduction for parsonage is entered under box 14. How do I create this w2 this year? Previous versions were not an issue.
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Enter one dollar in box 1, of your W-2. This will allow you to proceed to complete your W-2 entry and will be of no consequence on your tax return. This should also allow e-file when you are ready to file.
TurboTax will list this appropriately on Schedule SE for the social security and medicare taxes. There will be no personal income tax unless the actual home expenses are greater than the housing allowance provided.
Note: To file electronically you need the church name and EIN. If you do not have those, then you will file by mail.
Thanks for the response, howe3ver I doesn't work
If you would like to send us a “diagnostic” file that has your “numbers” but not your personal information it would help. If you would like to do this, here are the instructions:
TurboTax Online:
Open your return -Go to the menu panel on the left side of your return and select Tax Tools.
TurboTax Desktop:
If you like, you can send a copy of your return that will be scrubbed to eliminate your personal data by using these steps:
We will then be able to see exactly what you are seeing and we can determine what exactly is going on in your return and provide you with a resolution.
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