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Self Employed 401k

I have Turbo Tax 2019: Home& Business: Personal & Self-Employed on my computer. I entered my Self-Employed Retirement 401k in the Business Section. Below is where I put the information. My problem is that it does not reflect what the Internet says I can contribute ($56,000+$6,000catch-up) and that any overage will have to be withdrawn or I will be penalized with a tax.

  1. Business
  2. Less Common business Situations
  3. Self-employment Retirement
    1. Self-employment Retirement Plan (yes) Individual 401k
    2. Elective Deferral = 19,000
    3. Catch-up = 6,000
    4. Max contribution to individual 401k (yes)
  4. A few slides later it says that 7302 is the amount to contribute by the plan due date which I assume is the tax filing date. HOWEVER, if any more than $19,000is put into the software then it says it has to be deducted before the due date.
  5. What is interesting is that the amount put into the self-employment Retirement Plan DOES NOT change the refund. I thought it would, but that is ok. What I am afraid of is that by not putting $59,500 in tax return I will have a penalty to pay the IRS.
  6. Please help me understand.
  7. Did I enter it in the wrong place?
  8.  Can I just move on or will I be penalized for not declaring the $59,500 401K?
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2 Replies
Carl
Level 15

Self Employed 401k

Did you have more than $62,000 in earned "taxable" income in 2019? My guess is, probably not. Whether you're permitted to contribute the maximum, though, is determined by your self-employment income.

 

 

Nomanation
Returning Member

Self Employed 401k

I’m searching the archives here to see if anyone is having this same issue with entering solo. 401k contributions and this is another post. Did you ever find a solution, I’m only realizing that turbo tax has been miscalculating my deduction for a few years now due ti what seems to be a glitch. My 401k contribution is not changing my tax due amount and I know I’m within my allowable contributions. And I’m using turbo tax to calculate the contributions for that matter with the “maximize” function. Anyone find a solution?

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