Turbotax is incorrectly making me upgrade to Deluxe claiming I have too much medicare tax form 8959. Anyone else getting this big mistake?

[DoninGA]

Look at your entries for the W-2.  Is the amount shown in box 6 exactly 1.45% of the amount in box 5 for Medicare taxes?

[DoninGA]

Additionally, is your 2023 AGI on Form 1040 Line 11 -

Married Filing Jointly $250,000 or more

Married Filing Separately $125,000 or more

Single or Head of Household $200,000 or more

[dmertz]

If you are married filing jointly, make sure that each W-2 entered is tagged as belonging to the correct spouse.

[zak1bud3k]

Yes, both my wife and my tax return amounts are 1.45% of our Medicare wages.

[zak1bud3k]

I find it strange to have a 200k limit for single, yet you can only add 50k to it when filing jointly.  Should be double of what is required for single when filing jointly.  Seems illegal.

[DoninGA]

---

@zak1bud3k wrote:

I find it strange to have a 200k limit for single, yet you can only add 50k to it when filing jointly.  Should be double of what is required for single when filing jointly.  Seems illegal.

---

Congress writes the tax code so only Congress can change the tax code.