TURBOTAX ..WRONG CALULATION of Social Security Income

[sambb]

Form 1040SR .. Social Security .. Taxable amount show 0...  Should not be 0 on line 6B .. 6 A has a sum of SS benefits...  How do we fix this ?  Using online Premium.  SO FRUSTRATING ! Total income is wrong. Tax owed is wrong. BIG WASTE OF TIME.  No help from Cust. Service   

[DoninGA]

After you completed entry of the SSA-1099. there was a screen asking if you lived in any of the foreign countries listed in 2025.  You should have answer NO.  Go back and check your answer.

To enter Social Security benefits reported on form SSA-1099

Click on Federal Taxes (Personal using Home and Business)
Click on Wages and Income (Personal Income using Home and Business)
Click on I'll choose what I work on (if shown)
Scroll down to Retirement Plans and Social Security
On Social Security (SSA-1099, RRB-1099), click the start or update button

[xmasbaby0]

The screen right after the entry screen for your SSA1099 has a question about whether you lived in certain foreign countries in 2025.  If you skipped past that screen or answered incorrectly, your SS was not taxed correctly.   Return to the SSA1099 entry screen and then keep going to the next screen to see what you did.

[sambb]

Thank you... My mistake but the question should be split into two questions to avoid this common mistake..... are you a us citizen living abroad?.... I only read the 1st part.. us citizen..

[xmasbaby0]

Moral of the story:  Read every screen top to bottom.