Delete an incorrectly entered, now duplicated, excess 401k Deferral under "Any Other Earned Income" in Turbo-Tax

[howjltx]

After entering a "2023 Excess 401k Deferral" in the wrong place:

Entered as "Employee compensation that was not reported on a W-2” and filled out by current employer & amount in the “Report Your Wage Income” and selecting Reason Code H “I received a Form W-2 and/or Form 1099….and the income should have been reported on Form W-2”

I read a post from last year that stated I should have:

"8. Indicate Other as Source of Other Earned Income and click Continue"
"9. For the description enter "2022 Excess 401K Deferrals" and click on Done"

I attempted to correct this in Turbo tax, but wound-up creating two entries that I cannot find how to delete the first entry, Turbo tax just keeps prompting me to add another entry. How do I delete this first entry?

[DanaB27 · Accepted solution]

If you are using TurboTax Desktop then you can switch to Form mode and delete Form 8919.

Please follow these steps to remove the entry to delete the entry in the interview:

1. Login to your TurboTax Account 
2. Click "Wages & Income" (under Federal) on the left side of your screen
3. Scroll  down to "Less Common Income" and click "Show More"
4. Scroll down to "Miscellaneous Income, 1099-A, 1099-C" and click "Start"
5. Select "Other income not already reported on a Form W-2 or Form 1099" and click "Start"
6. On the "Did you receive any other wages?" screen answer "Yes" and click "Continue"
7. Continue until you get to the "Any other earned income" screen, answer "Yes" and click "Continue"
8. On the "Enter Source of Other Earned income" screen select "Employee Compensation that was not reported on a W-2" and click "Continue"
9. Click "Continue" until you get to the "Report your Wage Income" screen, delete all entries and click "Back"

If you created two entries in "Employee Compensation that was not reported on a W-2" section then follow these steps:

1. On the "Enter Source of Other Earned income" screen select "Employee Compensation that was not reported on a W-2" and click "Continue"
2. Click "Continue" until you get to the first "Report your Wage Income" screen, and click "Continue"
3. On the "Report as Wages" screen click "Next Entry"
4. On the "Report your Wage Income" screen for the second entries, delete all entries and click "Back"
5. On the "Report as Wages" screen click "Back"
6. On the "Report your Wage Income" screen for the first entries, delete all entries and click "Back"

[howjltx]

This deleted the first entry:
"If you are using TurboTax Desktop then you can switch to Form mode and delete Form 8919."

The second entry was deleted by the steps under:
"...entries in "Employee Compensation that was not reported on a W-2" section then follow these steps:"