topic Where do I enter my FSA contribution? in Retirement tax questions

Where do I enter my FSA contribution?

craigma221 — Fri, 07 Jun 2019 21:59:28 GMT

Do NOT enter any amounts from Code W in Box 12 of your W-...

Rainman12 — Fri, 07 Jun 2019 21:59:30 GMT

Do NOT enter any amounts from Code W in Box 12 of your W-2; Those are only entered when you put in your W-2 information. Did you make any additional contributions beyond that? What proof of payment do you have? ...

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donaldsona2006 — Fri, 07 Jun 2019 21:59:32 GMT

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FSAs are usually funded through voluntary salary reductio...

Shaundra — Fri, 07 Jun 2019 21:59:34 GMT

FSAs are usually funded through voluntary salary reduction agreements with your employer. No employment or federal income taxes are deducted from your contribution. The employer may also contribute.

Note: Unlike HSAs or Archer MSAs which must be reported on your Form 1040, there are no reporting requirements for FSAs on your income tax return.

Also. you cannot deduct qualified medical expenses as an itemized deduction on Schedule A (Form 1040) if they were paid with pre-tax dollars from an FSA.

If you have any unused amounts in your FSA, that amount is forfeited, and since you already got a deduction, you cannot deduct the loss.

That is really helpful, and more in-depth than the other...

nsteph — Fri, 07 Jun 2019 21:59:34 GMT

That is really helpful, and more in-depth than the other answers I've seen. I think a lot of us were confused because TurboTax's help popup (linked from the HSA deductions page) said it would ask about our FSA later, but it did not.

Yes I agree with that!! I was thinking I was going to hav...

bcmorgan- — Fri, 07 Jun 2019 21:59:38 GMT

Yes I agree with that!! I was thinking I was going to have to enter the information somewhere else too!!

Still 2015 taxes are stating the same thing and never add...

thevincentgirl — Fri, 07 Jun 2019 21:59:40 GMT

Still 2015 taxes are stating the same thing and never address the fsa

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BloodSugar2020 — Thu, 10 Oct 2019 21:12:13 GMT

Hi, could you please clear my wonder?
If I spend all the money in my FSA account on child care, then what's the difference between getting the tax credit from contributing to a FSA and getting tax refund from the annual IRS tax report? Both ways I can get some tax credit, then what's the advantage of having the FSA? Will I get more tax credit by having FSA versus tax report?

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PrestonHiltz — Wed, 04 Mar 2020 23:59:56 GMT

Do you have a link to that as a fact from I r s?

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DaveF1006 — Thu, 05 Mar 2020 02:31:02 GMT

Please refer to this IRS link for additional information. Start reading the information starting on page 16 of the link.

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kerilynn — Mon, 13 Apr 2020 18:40:41 GMT

You mentioned that you cannot report any medical expenses that were paid by the FSA funds. How are those expenses reported then, do you know?

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CatinaT1 — Mon, 13 Apr 2020 18:51:32 GMT

You do not report them. You already got the tax benefit of the money not being taxed.

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lajenkins23 — Sun, 19 Apr 2020 21:24:16 GMT

How do I input medical deduction if I exceeded my FSA account?

Re: Where do I enter my FSA contribution?

jabq — Tue, 09 Jun 2020 14:13:56 GMT

So if my fsa contribution is not taxed federally at time of paycheck with no deduction, but is included in my overall gross income, it is then taxed at tax return time? is that what I understand?

Re: Where do I enter my FSA contribution?

MinhT1 — Tue, 09 Jun 2020 14:33:04 GMT

@jabq

Your contribution to a FSA is not taxed at tax return time. It is untaxed money which can be used to pay for your out-of-pocket medical expenses. It is not taxed but you may lose the unspent portion of your FSA.

Please this TurboTax article for more information.

Re: Where do I enter my FSA contribution?

pauls60r — Thu, 25 Jun 2020 17:21:56 GMT

I'm under a unique situation where a dependent care FSA is provided to a partnership. No taxes are withheld from partnership income so we pay quarterly estimates.

I would think that there's some place to enter the amount we contributed to the FSA in turbotax somewhere (other than box 12 which doesn't appear to affect taxable income from the partnership). Sorry, I know it sounds confusing but bear with me:

By example, the partnership has a 401k, which we contribute to and is shown on box 12 of our K1. However, when I enter the amount in box 12 for the K1, the gross income from the partnership isn't adjusted. What I have to do is enter the same 401k contributions amounts in the self employment retirement plan section of turbo tax to capture the pretax benefits.

Is there some way to handle the FSA contributions similarly somewhere in turbo tax?

Re: Where do I enter my FSA contribution?

BillM223 — Fri, 26 Jun 2020 22:12:27 GMT

Does your 1065 K-1 have a code O?

The 1065 instructions say "

Code O. Dependent care benefits.

The partnership will report the dependent care benefits you received. You must use Form 2441, Part III, to figure the amount, if any, of the benefits you may exclude from your income.

" See https://www.irs.gov/instructions/i1065sk1

Re: That is really helpful, and more in-depth than the other...

erobelen — Wed, 31 Aug 2022 00:46:31 GMT

Yes - the same thing happened to me! I saw a message saying that I'd get asked later about the FSA. This did not happen, and it caused me a lot of confusion.