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Level 2
posted Mar 22, 2020 9:51:21 AM

Turbotax limiting our Virginia 529 deduction

Restating my question from yesterday.  My husband contributed $4000 to each of our 4 grandchildren's 529 accounts, each with their own ID, for a total of $16,000.  Turbotax is limiting our deduction on Virginia state taxes to $12,000.  Why?  We have plenty of AGI to apply it to.  Is this a bug?

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Expert Alumni
Mar 23, 2020 7:06:04 AM

If you could provide a diagnostic copy of your return then we can examine the situation in more detail.  

 

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Level 2
Mar 25, 2020 3:34:27 AM

No the tips did not help.  I finally erased all my entries, saved and closed the return, reopened turbotax and reentered all my figures.  Somehow that worked.

Returning Member
Feb 1, 2022 12:26:14 PM

I'm having the exact same problem this year.  I'm the account owner of three different Virginia 529 accounts.  I have an account for each of my three sons.   I contributed $4K to two accounts and $2K to one account---$10K total contributions in 2021.  When I entered this info into TurboTax, I only got a $6K deduction.  Per the Virginia tax law, I should get the $10K deduction.

 

I had this same problem last year.  the TuboTax technician gave me a work around.  can you fix this bug? 

Returning Member
Feb 1, 2022 1:11:18 PM

I did the same thing that smlmom described above and it worked.  I deleted my three previous entries and just re-entered things.  my total deduction amount is correct !!!    THANKS SMLMOM