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TAX-AIDE Social Security and Railroad Retirement Equivalent Pub 4491 – Page 143 NTTC Training 2013 1

TAX-AIDE Social Security and Railroad Retirement Equivalent Pub 4491 – Page 143 NTTC Training 20131

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Page 1: TAX-AIDE Social Security and Railroad Retirement Equivalent Pub 4491 – Page 143 NTTC Training 20131

TAX-AIDE

TAX-AIDE

Social Security and Railroad Retirement Equivalent

Pub 4491 – Page 143

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Intake and Interview

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SAMUEL J. AMBROSE 302-23-5480

$16,809.00 NONE $16,809.00

Paid by check or direct deposit: NONE $14,700.20

Medicare Part B premiums deducted from your benefits: $1,198.80

Medicare Prescription Drug Premiums (Part D) deducted from your benefits: $360.00 $550.00

Total Additions: $16,809.00

Benefits for 2013: $16,809.00 SAMUEL J. AMBROSE890 CREEK ROADPAOLI, PA 19301

302-23-5480A

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Social Security Income in TaxWise

●Enter data for both Taxpayer and Spouse

● Select Wkt1 from Tree

●Check for Federal withholding

●Add Medicare payments and enter on Medicare line, it will carry automatically to Sch A

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Add SS Income

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Lump-Sum Social Security

● Benefits paid may include lump-sum payments for prior years Prior year amounts will show in DESCRIPTION

block of Form SSA-1099

● All must be included in the current return

● Compare whether refund/tax owed changes when all entered for current year versus allocating appropriate amounts to prior year(s)

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MARY BERINGER 031-23-5480

$24,750.00 NONE $24,750.00

Paid by check or direct deposit: NONE $24,750.00

Medicare Part B premiums deducted from your benefits:

Medicare Prescription Drug Premiums (Part D) deducted from your benefits:

Total Additions: $24,750.00

Benefits for 2013: $8,250.00

Benefits for 2012: $8,250.00

Benefits for 2011: $8,250.00

MARY BERINGERYour StreetYour City, State Zip

031-23-5480A

Sample SSA-1099Lump-Sum Distrib

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Start With 1040 Wkt1

● In TaxWise, at the bottom of 1040 Wkt1 you’ll see “Lump Sum Payment…”

● Enter amount(s) for 2013 then click here and link (F9) for worksheet

00

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Lump-Sum Worksheet2013

2013

Complete one

worksheet for each year

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Comments…

●Taxpayer must have copies of previous year tax return(s)

●Be sure to enter any SS income received by taxpayer and spouse in previous year

●Be sure to check previous return for any tax-exempt interest (Line 8b) [line 5 on worksheet]

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Railroad Retirement Benefits

● Railroad Retirement Tier 1 Blue form RRB-1099

● Same Rules as Social Security

● Enter data on Railroad Tier 1 line on Wkt1 – do not use Social Security line

● Enter Medicare B and D on Medicare line

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Pub 4012 – Page D-22

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Social Security & Equivalent Railroad Retirement Benefits

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1040 Wkt1 – Railroad Retirement

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Foreign Old Age Payments

● Canada Pension Plan, Quebec Pension Plan and Old Age Security from Canada and Germany By treaty are added to/treated like U.S.

Social Security (Pub 915) Taxpayer must have converted amount

into US dollars (bank statement shows)

● Other countries and pensions from all countries (other than above) out-of-scope

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If Client does not have SSA-1099…

1. Contact local SSA office – may provide info over the phone

2. Use SSA-4926 for 2014 (statement of benefits to be paid) and calculate 2013 based on x.xx% of monthly amount and number of months benefits received in 2013

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Quality Review

● Check that all information transferred from Form(s) SSA-1099 to Wkt1 (particularly Federal Income Tax Withheld)

● If benefits are shown for multiple years, determine if lump-sum worksheets are needed

● For Form(s) RRB-1099 (Blue) make sure all information has been transferred to Wkt1

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Any Questions/Comments?

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Let’s Practice in TaxWise

●Under direction of the instructor: Open the Kent return in TaxWise

From Pub 4491W, enter unemployment compensation and social security income for Kent, Advanced Comprehensive Problem C

Verify tax liability after entering each type of income

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