Wages earned from United Nations

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I have a situation where the taxpayer is employed by the United Nations. He is currently living in NY. He received a statement showing his earnings, and instructions that the wages are taxable as wages, and not self-employment. The statement is not a W-2. It simply shows the amount to pick up as taxable. There are no other taxes withheld. The instructions go on to explain that they will be reimbursed for their taxes upon submitting their returns to the UN in order to keep the pay "fair" for those who work for the UN and live in areas without tax against their income. My question is how do I report this in proseries? There is no EIN for the UN, nor is their an address on the statement. Does anyone have experience in reporting earnings from the UN? Any help will be greatly appreciated.

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sjrcpaAnswer

Level 15

Thank you. So am I correct in entering it on line 1g along with form 8919?

I think you use Schedule SE instead of the 8919 in this situation. I haven't had this in a while - definitely not since they changed the forms.. I'll defer to @itonewbie

The more I know the more I don’t know.

J

JOFI

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You should enter the wage amounts on the "Other Wages" form.

J

JSKAuthor

Level 4

I was able to get more details from the client - I do have an EIN they provided in a separate letter. Basically what I need to do is report it as wages (the instructions specifically say line 1a). However, I also have to calculate social security and medicare tax that was not withheld. I used Form 8919, but that will then put wages on line 1g, which I thought would be ok. My client wants it on 1a because that was where he was told it had to be. Is there any way to get the wages on line 1a, and calculate his portion of social security and medicare that was not withheld from his wages. Instructions specifically say not to pick it up on Sch C, as they are only responsible for half the ss and medicare tax that was not withheld. I appreciate any and all suggestions.

sjrcpa

Level 15

1a was "last year"

The more I know the more I don’t know.

J

JSKAuthor

Level 4

I was able to get more details from the client - I do have an EIN they provided in a separate letter. Basically what I need to do is report it as wages (the instructions specifically say line 1a). However, I also have to calculate social security and medicare tax that was not withheld. I used Form 8919, but that will then put wages on line 1g, which I thought would be ok. My client wants it on 1a because that was where he was told it had to be. Is there any way to get the wages on line 1a, and calculate his portion of social security and medicare that was not withheld from his wages. Instructions specifically say not to pick it up on Sch C, as they are only responsible for half the ss and medicare tax that was not withheld. I appreciate any and all suggestions.

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