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posted Mar 17, 2023 6:50:30 PM

I have excess salary deferral from over contributing to 401K. The amount returned to me by my financial institution is less than my contribution.

I'm filing taxes for 2022 and 2022 is the year when I made excess contribution due to a job change. I contacted my financial institution in March, 2023 and got it corrected. My financial institution returned to me amount which is less than my contribution, it looks like they deduct 10% as early withdrawal fee already. So my question is how do I report this on 1099-R as I will only get it next year. What amount do I report in boxes 1 and 2a? Should it be the amount for which I received the check? or should it be original amount of excess contributions? At this point I don't even know if there's any earnings. Would I be able to claim this 10% deduction already done by my financial institution? If the amounts are very different on 1099-R next year, how do I make the corrections?

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Expert Alumni
Mar 17, 2023 7:02:20 PM

If you received a 2022 401(k) excess deferral distribution in 2023, you'll receive a 2023 Form 1099-R with a distribution Code P in box 7; however, it must be included on your 2022 tax return. You have two options to do that:

  1. Wait until next year when you receive the 2023 Form 1099-R and amend your 2022 tax return
  2. Report it now on your 2022 return and ignore the 2023 1099-R when it comes next year
    • If your 2023 Form 1099-R has an amount in box 4, Federal tax withholding and/or box 14 State withholding, then you must enter it on your 2023 tax return. The 2023 Code P won’t affect your return, but the withholdings will be applied to 2023.

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