Social Security Benefits - Lump-Sum Payments
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The TaxAct program supports the following worksheets for Social Security Benefits.  These worksheets are used to calculate your taxable social security benefits.
  • Worksheet 1 - Figuring Your Taxable Benefits from IRS Publication 915
  • Worksheet 2 - Figure Your Additional Taxable Benefits (From a Lump-Sum Payment for a Year After 1993) 
  • Worksheet 4 - Figure Your Taxable Benefits Under the Lump-Sum Election Method (Use With Worksheet 2 or 3)
The TaxAct program transfers the amounts from the worksheets to Form 1040 U.S. Individual Tax Return, Lines 6a and 6b, for the taxable amount of social security benefits from lump-sum payments.

To complete worksheets 1, 2, and 4 in the TaxAct program, follow the steps below. 

Online
Dashboard
  1. From within your TaxAct return, click Resources.
    • On smaller devices, click the menu at the top left corner of your screen, then make your selection.
  2. Under My Return, click Federal Search
  3. Click the Miscellaneous Topics drop-down, then click Lump-sum payment of social security benefits.
  4. Complete the rest of the interview process. 
Classic
  1. From within your TaxAct return, click Federal. 
    • On smaller devices, click the menu at the top left corner of your screen, then make your selection.
  2. Click the Miscellaneous Topics drop-down, then click Lump-sum payment of social security benefits.
  3. Complete the rest of the interview process. 
Desktop
  1. From within your TaxAct return, click Federal. 
  2. Click the Miscellaneous Topics drop-down, then click Lump-sum payment of social security benefits.
  3. Complete the rest of the interview process.