Why did Turbo Tax combine my husband and my SS taxes together which then calculated an excess of SS?

[cyndi66]

My husband and I only had 1 employer each for 2015. For some reason, there was an entry on line 71 which is the difference over our combined SS taxes. According to the calculations neither of us individually had an excess of SS withholdings.

We have now received a letter from the IRS stating that we owe that money back. I need to know why and how this error was calculated on our returns.

[SweetieJean · Accepted solution]

Most likely this occurred because you assigned both W-2 forms to the same person in error.

[cyndi66]

You are correct, I just looked again and my name is listed on both W2's.
Thank you

[jagtiger01]

I received a letter from IRS saying that I owe $4,240 for excess social security tax withheld that they are disallowing. There was another thread that surprisingly was  closed by TT where several people has the issue with their 2015 tax return. I have been filing using TT since the late 90s so it is unlikely that I will make a mistake. I believe this is a serious flaw in the 2015 TT software wherein they guarantee 100% accuracy. If Intuit continue to deny that there's an issue with the 2015 TT filing then I have no choice but to seek legal help.

[SweetieJean]

Every case that has been reviewed here has been user error.

[fanfare]

legal help it not free. Besides, you can't sue a software company for software bugs. Or they'd all be out of business.

[SweetieJean]

@fanfare
Can this be referred to the Moderator (and then closed) , since the poster has mentioned a lawyer?