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is TurboTax having system error on calculating solo 401K deduction?

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February 18, 2025
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for 2024 tax return, I have a net profit of $19,771 on self-employed income. I entered $18,374 solo 401k contribution and $3,652 profit sharing in Turbotax. I have no other 401k contribution from W2 income. However, when I check my Gross Income and MAGI, I don't see the full 100% solo 401k and employer contribution being deducted from the Gross Income. Is it a system error?

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dmertz

"I have a net profit of $19,771 on self-employed income. I entered $18,374 solo 401k contribution and $3,652 profit sharing in Turbotax."

What you described results in an excess contribution. Your total additions to the solo 401(k) (employee plus employer contributions) are not permitted to exceed net earnings from self-employment. Net earnings are net profit minus the deductible portion of self-employment taxes, so with $19,771 of net profit, net earnings are $18,374. Your employee elective deferral of $18,374 uses up all of your net earnings, leaving nothing left to contribute as an employer contribution and making the $3,652 profit-sharing employer contribution an excess contribution.

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wallacelee32478Author

Thanks for pointing that out. I also learned that from other source. Thank you. But TurboTax still did not give me the full $18,374 contribution deduction.