Hello,

I need a little help. I have been doing taxes so far this year and most of my clients haven decided to take the self employed tax deferral on Sch SE-T. Fast forward, now they are calling me telling me that their refunds are less than what their return had said. 

My question is, Why is this happening? The worksheet is kind of confusing but I thought it was an option for self employed clients to take this deferral. Am I missing something here?

I am pretty sure the IRS is denying them the deferral because I have gone back in and removed the amount on line 18 and it is showing the amount the IRS actually sent them.