What is max deferral line 18 for self employment

[JamesG1]

Congratulations!

IRS Form SE line 18 is Enter the portion of line 3 that can be attributed to March 27, 2020 through December 31, 2020.

The self-employment tax deferral is an optional benefit.  You only report a dollar amount as eligible income to qualify for the credit.

[Mtubaishat]

I had the same issue. I just finished talking to Intuit agent to help me.  If you just blank out those zeros ( don't type and number, just delete  the zero). That took care of the problem and I was able to submit it my taxes electronically. 

[Shachris]

I also had this problem.  I do not want to defer anything and before finding this thread, plugged the number it was requesting into line 18.  Now I cannot get back to line 18 to write "$0" as others are suggesting.  I am still answering "No" when it asks if I want to defer anything, but my refund is not reducing to where it was before I completed line 18.  How do I get back to that screen?

[JamesG1]

Consider adding temporary income to your self-employment activity.  You have to be in a balance due status to be able to access the self-employment tax deferral questions.

In TurboTax Online Self-Employed, I was able to remove self-employment tax deferral and pass Review.  Follow these steps. 

• Down the left side of the screen, click on Federal.
• Across the top of the screen, click on Deductions  & credits.
• Under Your tax breaks, scroll down to Self-employment tax deferral.
• Click on Edit/Add to the right of Self-employment tax deferral.
• At the screen Do you want more time to pay your self-employment tax?, click Yes.
• At the screen Let's start by getting your eligible income, I have left the dollar amount that was previously entered, others change this amount to $0.
• Click on Continue.
• At the screen Tell us how much you'd like to defer, delete the dollar amount.
• Click Continue.
• Click through Federal Review to make sure than the Review issue has been removed.
• At the screen Some of your self-employment taxes may be eligible, click Skip. 

The self-employment tax deferral is an optional benefit.  It is also a deferral rather than forgiveness, so those amounts will eventually need to be repaid. Half of the deferred amount is due on December 31, 2021, and the other half is due on December 31, 2022.

[Shachris]

This did not work.  I still received the message I don't qualify now for the deferral because I'm owed a refund.  I think it is the issue someone mentioned earlier about showing a balance when originally going through the questions versus at the end.  What did work, however, was massively increasing my self employment income as someone else suggested.  Then I went to the section in Deductions on Deferring and was able to answer $0 to what I wanted to defer.  I then went back and corrected my self employment income, which took my refund down to what I know is right and I passed the review.  Seems there were quite a few bugs this year. (From a long time Turbo Tax user)

[Fastone0469]

What do I put on there..it tells me line 18 has to ne entered

[KrisD15]

If you do not want to defer self-employment tax, leave that space (line 18) blank. 

If you still see the error, enter 0. 

I have also seen that unchecking a box about printing when you see the screen asking about the error lets you move forward. 

Original TurboTax Answer

[aconner2]

Good directions

[hotsteper]

What do i place in Max deffal line 18. 

[hotsteper]

Can you tell me what to actually place on this line?

[alliedammier]

After suffering to find out what this was I read your message and stuck the amount 13,817 in the box and  wow it released my tax form.

Have no idea what this is - Can't get anyone at Turbo tax to talk to you Thanks 

[alliedammier]

Thanks I think I can continued to research this now with your concise statement 

[KathrynG3]

Max deferral Line 18 is referring to Schedule SE. The answer is specific to you and will be the money made from March 27-December 31 in your business.

It is acceptable to leave this field blank or enter a 0 if you do not want to defer any self-employment tax. Then, run the review again to initially try to clear the error.

This issue is happening because you were initially eligible to defer self-employment tax due to a tax balance due, but are no longer eligible due to being eligible for a refund.

For TurboTax Online:  

If the error will not resolve, try:

1. Delete the Sch SE that applies--(Sch SE-T is for Taxpayer, Sch SE-S for Spouse)--by following these steps:
   1. From the left menu, select Tax Tools.
   2. Select Tools.
   3. Scroll to Delete a Form.
   4. Scroll to Sch SE-T and/or Sch SE-S and select Delete.
2. Return to the self-employment income & expenses interview in the Income & Expenses section and select Edit/Add.
   1. Select Edit for your business.
   2. Scroll down to Done so that the Sch SE is recalculated. 
   3. Finish any other questions in the self-employment interview and click Continue.
3. Review the return again.

If this does not clear the error, then click this link for more information: 

Workaround for Sch SE-T error for deferring Self-Employment Taxes.

For TurboTax CD/Download, click this article for the steps to resolve Max Deferral Line 18 error.

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[akirk85]

And where is the question asking how much se I want to defer? Hard to find, especially with that tiny window in the corrections section.

[anz]

It is so sucks, it make me to stop on that part I have no idea what to do