How can I manually go into a form to correct something that Turbotax is deducting from Schedule 1, but which should not be deducted (401K contribution)?

grieser-d — Tue, 10 Feb 2026 18:08:52 GMT

I don't understand why Turbotax is inserting the max allowable contribution to a retirement account (401k) but it exceeds what I actually contributed.

Re: How can I manually go into a form to correct something that Turbotax is deducting from Schedule 1, but which should not be deducted (401K contribution)?

Opus 17 — Wed, 11 Feb 2026 14:09:37 GMT

One of us is probably confused. If you are an employee with a W-2, your 401k contributions are automatically subtracted from your box 1 taxable wages, and they are reported in box 12. Turbotax automatically captures them from your W-2. You do not enter them anywhere else on your tax return. A 401k is NOT an IRA and you should not enter 401k contributions in the IRA section. 401k contributions also don't have anything to do with schedule 1 as far as I know. Can you clarify, where are you seeing an adjustment on schedule 1?

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How can I manually go into a form to correct something that Turbotax is deducting from Schedule 1, but which should not be deducted (401K contribution)?

Re: How can I manually go into a form to correct something that Turbotax is deducting from Schedule 1, but which should not be deducted (401K contribution)?