topic Why doesn't my wife's $18k 401k impact out tax liability? I also contributed $18k. in Retirement tax questions https://ttlc.intuit.com/community/retirement/discussion/why-doesn-t-my-wife-s-18k-401k-impact-out-tax-liability-i-also-contributed-18k/01/251161#M21344 Sat, 01 Jun 2019 20:28:58 GMT destradatx1 2019-06-01T20:28:58Z Why doesn't my wife's $18k 401k impact out tax liability? I also contributed $18k. https://ttlc.intuit.com/community/retirement/discussion/why-doesn-t-my-wife-s-18k-401k-impact-out-tax-liability-i-also-contributed-18k/01/251161#M21344 Sat, 01 Jun 2019 20:28:58 GMT https://ttlc.intuit.com/community/retirement/discussion/why-doesn-t-my-wife-s-18k-401k-impact-out-tax-liability-i-also-contributed-18k/01/251161#M21344 destradatx1 2019-06-01T20:28:58Z Because it is already accounted for on your W-2. It was m... https://ttlc.intuit.com/community/retirement/discussion/because-it-is-already-accounted-for-on-your-w-2-it-was-m/01/251167#M21345 <P>Because it is already accounted for on your W-2. It was made with pretax money. You can see the difference between what you earned and what you were taxed on in Boxes 1 vs 3 on your W-2.</P> Sat, 01 Jun 2019 20:28:59 GMT https://ttlc.intuit.com/community/retirement/discussion/because-it-is-already-accounted-for-on-your-w-2-it-was-m/01/251167#M21345 Coleen3 2019-06-01T20:28:59Z