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Turbo tax is not letting me e-file because it is believes there is an error in my 401k contributions, it is not taking into account the maximum allowable deduction calc

jkenkelley — Tue, 10 Mar 2026 06:31:56 GMT

I keep getting sent back to Line 6a on the Keogh, SEP and SIMPLE Contribution Worksheet.

Re: Turbo tax is not letting me e-file because it is believes there is an error in my 401k contributions, it is not taking into account the maximum allowable deduction calc

VolvoGirl — Tue, 11 Oct 2022 22:33:26 GMT

Did you contribute too much? You can contribute to a 401K up to the amount of your Net Profit reduced by 1/2 of the SE tax OR to the max contribution allowed for a 401k whichever is Less. That's all I know. Maybe someone else has other ideas ?

Re: Turbo tax is not letting me e-file because it is believes there is an error in my 401k contributions, it is not taking into account the maximum allowable deduction calc

dmertz — Wed, 12 Oct 2022 02:37:55 GMT

2021 TurboTax indicating an error on line 6a means that the total of lines 6a, 6b, 7a and 7b exceeds the maximum permissible $19,500.

Re: Turbo tax is not letting me e-file because it is believes there is an error in my 401k contributions, it is not taking into account the maximum allowable deduction calc

Critter-3 — Wed, 12 Oct 2022 12:42:36 GMT

Are you married ? If so did you properly indicate who each income item belongs to and who had the 401K/SEP contributions ?