Tarheel72
Returning Member

Retirement tax questions

you would think so but it doesn't.  It doesn't realize the rules are different.  normally I couldn't even create a 2021 solo 401 k after 12/31 and make a late contribution to it.  but IRS is allowing it this one time, but I can only make the employer contribution, not the employee.  If I check the max box it recalculates everything and since it is showing up as ad SEP it assumes I can go back and make all max contributions.  And if I just put the number in the profit sharing employer's contribution box it assumes it is matching my employee's contribution and simply doubles my amount.  The only way I can get the corect number is to actually leave every box blank.  And somehow it has recorded my contribution from a previous effort and now shows it up as a SEP contibution.  So the number is correct but not the plan.  And I would love to know how it keeps this number and where it is puling it from since I leave all of the boxes empty.