1. Please UNDO what you did here - You were mixing crabs and apples to get crabapples. Line 8 of Schedule 2 is the penalty for one of several conditions on form 5329 (or did you mean a different line 8?), while "Employer and payroll contributions made in 2022 for the year 2021" is just that - HSA contributions.
Sorry my bad that was confusing on my part. I was referring to a different line 8. I was referring to line 8 on form 1040 and line 8e on schedule 1(form 1040). They're both the same amount. It's the 2022 contributions made for the year 2021. I called the hsa account partnered with my company and they said there was X amount for Employer and payroll contributions made in 2022 for the year 2021 which I entered. Please correct me if I'm wrong on entering this X amount here.
2.Your post started out with: "It asks to enter last year's excess contribution." I have seen nothing that suggests that you had excess contributions last year (yes, this means for 2021). So just stop and move on from this question and finish the HSA interview.
Ok thank you.
