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posted Feb 28, 2025 12:41:21 PM

Contributions to 2 retirement plans (401k & 457b)

My wife's school employer offers both 401k and 457b plans (we chose 1 Roth and 1 regular). In 2024, she contributed the max of $46,000 to those 2 plans ($23K each). After entering W-2 info in Turbotax, application is now calling this out as exceeding the maximum ($23K)". I saw another thread with the exact same bug on 2022. But the instructions don't match my Turbotax Desktop on Mac.

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New Member
Feb 28, 2025 9:34:18 PM

Here's the link to the other thread:

https://ttlc.intuit.com/community/retirement/discussion/maximum-contributions-to-2-retirement-plans-401k-457b/00/2838326

Looks like the similar bug popped up in 2024 version.  I'm sure I can contribute the max in both 401K and 457(b).    Our single W2 has $23K in box 12 (D - for 401k) and (EE - for Roth 457).

Expert Alumni
Mar 8, 2025 7:07:24 AM

Yes, she can contribute $23,000 to each the 401k and 457b (IRS).

 

If you verified that she didn't make an excess contribution you can ignore the warning.