Federal 2010: Passive Activities and Spouse's Credit for Small Employer Health Insurance Premiums
Certain customers, who were Married Filing Joint and the spouse had a Credit for Small Employer Health Insurance Premiums from a passive activity, may have filed an incorrect tax return.
TurboTax has fixed this issue.
How to tell if you are impacted:
You may be affected if ALL of the following are true:
- You filed a tax return prior to March 17, 2011, AND
- You filed Married Filing Joint AND
- Your spouse was a Limited Partner in a passive activity and had a pass-through of a Credit for Small Employer Health Insurance Premiums, AND
- Your spouse’s credit does not appear on the Federal Form 3800, Part II, Line 29h.
If you are affected, you may have overpaid your federal tax. You will need to amend your federal tax return.
If you need to contact us, please use the phone number in the email from TurboTax and tell the representative you’re calling about the Federal 2010: Passive Activities and Spouse’s Credit for Small Employer Health Insurance Premiums.
Solution
Let us do the work for you. We highly recommend this.
- Please download and print this Authorization Form.
- Complete the form and fax it to us at the number printed at the top of the form.
- A TurboTax representative will contact you (within 15 days) when your corrected return is ready to be securely emailed back to you.
- You can print, sign and mail the corrected return to the IRS.
Or you can make the corrections yourself. However, the amend process can be complex.
- To do it yourself, please follow these step-by-step instructions.
- If you need assistance, call us at the phone number in the TurboTax email.
