Question
Clergy Self Employment Tax
I have a client that is a member of the clergy. In prior years he was responsible for all of his Self Employment tax on his W2 and Housing Allowance. This year, the church paid 1/2 of his social security and included that on his W-2. Within Pro-Series on the W-2 worksheet, when I select box F3 (Pay Self-Employment tax on W-2 Income and Housing Allowance) I get an error that says this should not be checked if Social Security or Medicare has been withheld on the taxpayer's W-2.
How do I get the program to calculate what SS should have been reduced by what was paid on his W-2?
Thank you in advance.
