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Your 401k contributions have already been accounted for on your W-2. Do not enter your 401k contributions in the IRA section, as it will cause errors.
I see that my 401(k) is on my W-2. How does that account for it as tax deductible? Other deductions appear on their respective 1099* tax forms and we still have to record them in our tax returns.
My bad. Re-read your post. The 401(k) contribution is in its own W-2 AND reflected in in Box 1 income. My bad.
Box 1 of your W-2 will be lower than the amounts in boxes 3 and 5 by the amount of your pre-tax 401K contributions in box 12 code D.
So you recognize that the 401K contributions are pre-tax when you enter the box 1 number into your tax return.
(It is always possible that your individual W-2 has other codes or issues that affect these numbers.)
See also here.
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