Under Part 3, line 18, it says "Enter the portion of line 3 that can be attributed to March 27, 2020, through December 31, 2020. It seems the purpose of the question is to determine how much of your SE you want to delay until the end of the year based on net profit on line 3.

My question is regarding the instructions. I do not want to delay my SE payment. As such, it looks like I should enter "0" but instructions do not address if you do not want to take this path. Question assumes that you want to delay.

Is it correct to enter 0 and not follow the instructions on the form? Currently I owe, $5,800, if I follow the instructions, I will owe "0". If I enter "0", I own $5,800.