I had an excess contribution to 401k of about $1442 due to a job change in 2018. I informed my employer and they have requested a refund of the excess amount. I also followed TT's instructions on how to report excess contribution through the miscellaneous income section. After doing all that, TT is still not allowing me to efile as it is giving me the error "TP is more than the allowed $18500 for a 401k plan. Please check your entries on your w2 for 401k plans"
Should i manually correct my box 12 entries in the w2 section to be 18500 as I already reported the excess in the miscellaneous income section? Will that not cause issues with the IRS as the numbers on the w2 will not match the numbers i am filing? what is the other option I have to make sure i am doing the correct thing so that TT allows me to efile. FYI, I have not received my 1099 R for this excess income and will only get it in 2020 i believe
