BillM223
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Deductions & credits

No, there is no software error.

 

When TurboTax discovers that you have excess contributions and that these contributions came from "employer contributions" (i.e., in Box 12 of your W-2 with a code of W), then TurboTax immediately adds the amount of the excess contribution to line 8f on Schedule 1 (1040). This is why you do not have to go looking for a way to add the excess back to income - TurboTax has already done it for you.

 

This is also why TurboTax asks "if your excess HSA/MSA contribution was made by your employer and deducted from the wages in box 1 of your W2", because if the answer is "yes", then TurboTax knows that the excess was already added back to income so doesn't need to do anything else.

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