How to generate Form 8919 in Lacerte

This article will assist you with generating Form 8919, Uncollected Social Security and Medicare Tax on Wages, in Lacerte.

To generate Form 8919 in the program:

1. Go to Screen 14.1, SS Benefits, Alimony, Miscellaneous Inc.
2. Scroll down to the Alimony and Other Income section.
3. Locate the Uncollected social security and medicare tax on wages (8919) (Ctrl + E) field.
4. Click inside the field and press Ctrl+E on your keyboard to open the supporting detail box.
5. Use the new window to enter all applicable information for Form 8919. The wages entered will flow to the wage income line of Form 1040.

There isn't a way to input wages for only Social Security or Medicare. The form doesn't have separate fields for this. If one was paid through the employer, then a SS-8 will need to be filed.