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barristerinky
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HSA contribution increased federal taxes??? Is there a bug in the program?

 
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BillM223
Employee Tax Expert

HSA contribution increased federal taxes??? Is there a bug in the program?

No, this is not a bug.

 

This is the reason that the Refund Meter was removed from such a prominent position in TurboTax 2024, because too many taxpayers were watching it screen by screen and making the wrong conclusion when the tax jumped.

 

TurboTax has to do a lot of things behind the scenes, and sometimes they are not done for a while.

 

In this case, the HSA contributions described with code W in box 12 on your W-2 are not non-taxable until you have gone through the HSA interview to show that you have proper HDHP coverage. Since most taxpayers enter their W-2s first and the HSA interview quite a bit later, they mistakenly assume that TurboTax is incorrectly taxing their HSA contributions.

 

Just complete the HSA interview (Deductions & Credits->Medical->1099-SA, MSA, HSA), and you will see that the code W amount has been removed from your income.

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barristerinky
Returning Member

HSA contribution increased federal taxes??? Is there a bug in the program?

Yep, its a bug.. no question about it.  I go through the interviews for both myself and my wife..  When I go through mine.. no problems...  taxable goes up and then back down once the interview is done.   I go through hers... as soon as I enter the 4150 in the amount contributed, it takes the amount owed up to triple...  I do the interview and confirm the same things as on mine... and it doesn't bring the amount owed back down.

 

But if I go to the forms view and delete hers.... like magic... back down to the correct amount owed... but only shows my 4150 contribution.

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So... playing with it for a bit... the "magic number" is 3966... at that amount, it doesn't trigger the bug... at 3967.... bam.. there is the bug and triples what the fed tax due is.  Anything over 3966 and it bugs out...

 

 

So if it walks like a bug, acts like a bug, and reacts like a bug.. its a bug.

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