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Resolved:HSA Contribution On W2 Can't Be Adjusted in Interview To Indicate Which Year It Was For

Updated: 3/15/2013

Article ID: SLN70382

W2's reporting HSA contributions made during the current tax year are not necessarily for the current tax year.

There was an issue where adjustments to the current year contribution could not be made though interview to indicate the contribution was associated with a different tax year.

Solution:

This issue has been resolved in a TurboTax update that was released on 3/14/2013.

For assistance with updating TurboTax please refer to the How to Update TurboTax support article.

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