MarilynG1
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Retirement tax questions

Does your 457b contribution show on your W-2?  If so, TurboTax will pick it up from that entry, and alert you if you have overcontributed.

 

A 457(b) plan’s annual contributions and other additions (excluding earnings) to a participant’s account cannot exceed the lesser of:

  1. 100% of the participant's includible compensation, or
  2. the elective deferral limit ($20,500 in 2022; $19,500 in 2020 and in 2021).

457(b) plans of state and local governments may allow catch-up contributions for participants who are aged 50 or older.
 

Special 457(b) catch-up contributions, if permitted by the plan, allow a participant for 3 years prior to the normal retirement age (as specified in the plan) to contribute the lesser of:
 

  • the elective deferral limit ($22,500 in 2023; $20,500 in 2022; $19,500 in 2020 and in 2021).
  • the basic annual limit plus the amount of the basic limit not used in prior years (only allowed if not using age 50 or over catch-up contributions)

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