I over-contributed to my 401k in 2018 by $3,839 & contacted Fidelity to get my excess contribution back. I got $3,886 back. What # do I report for excess salary deferral?

You need to report $3,839 for your excess salary deferral for 2018.

You will receive a Form 1099-R with Code "8" in Box 7 for the earnings of $47.  If you withdrew the excess in 2019, this will go on your 2019 Tax Return. 

@ens087 Have you e-filed yet?  I am on the latest version as of April 6, 2019 and there is a bug that will not let you e-file if you have excess deferrals on the W2 summary form.

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I am also trying to e-file and it won't let me.  Received an email on 4/5/2019 from Intuit indicating that the bug was fixed, but it is not.

same issue for me. Everyone is being told this is fixed for TT-online users and it's still broken as of 4/6/2019

Same for me!  I’m trying to e-file and cannot because I keep getting the error message that I’m over the $18,500 limit.  Aggravating that I can’t get my taxes done.

Same issue with me

same problem!

I also have the same problem.

Same here.  Where do you go to print out the paper forms on TurboTax.com in case paper filing is the only option?

Is there an ETA of when this will get resolved?

same problem for me. Also, since I have reported the excess deferral as income (excess deferral withdrawn before 4/15), does that mean I can manually adjust the W2 and show only 18500 deferred

I've been on the phone with customer support of an hour now. They don't know how to fix this.

And btw, I wouldn't just print the forms and file by mail as there might be issues with the forms themselves if the SW if defective. I wouldn't trust the forms at this point until Intuit fix their mess.

I spent two hours with TT support and he still couldn't help with this issue. I already paid the fee as well. He claims TT products are non-refundable even with software glitches preventing your filing

@jayeshgoyal No, you should not adjust the W2 information because then the W2 will not match with what the IRS received.

@Harayden The taxes calculations appear correct.  The software just thinks the excess deferrals on the W2 summary (which is only a worksheet and is not sent to the IRS) is an error and cannot proceed.  Although I see your point because if the software can't get pass this simple issue, then how can the rest of the software be trusted.

Has anybody found  any fix for this issue?

I got this error when I tried to e-file my federal return. Apparently the workaround is to file by mail. As long as the excess deferral is the only problem the software found, you should be fine to file by mail. Here's the official post stating the workaround: <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="https://ttlc.intuit.com/questions/4698409-excess-401-k-contribution-preventing-e-file">https://ttlc.intuit.com/questions/4698409-excess-401-k-contribution-preventing-e-file</a>

Do you guys know the difference between excess "deferral" vs. excess "contribution"?

In this case, deferral is just a fancy word for contribution.

It seems like they have different rules for contribution vs deferral, if I am not mistaken, you need to report the excess deferral amount if that amount is distributed by April 15, but for excess contribution you report the year that the amount is distributed.  I can be wrong, but that was what I read.

@robbinsd13  Thanks!
I printed my return to file through mail. Prior to this I filled 1099-R form but in the printout, i don't see any entry referring to the amount i filled in 1099-R. Where can i find that entry on 1040 form? Or does that mean 1099-R amount is already known to IRS implying that they know I withdrew the money already?

@ekamsingh27  do you have to mail a check to them? can they do direct debit if paper file