Retirement tax questions

@craigarn - yes - see the post above your's... California does not allow the HSA contribution to be reduced from income, so since the federal income does permit it, it has to be added back for Calornia income tax purposes.

 

Stated another way, the HSA contribution is already reducing you taxable wages on your W-2, so the California tax return is adding back the HSA contribution into wages since California doesn't permit the reduction.