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Hi,

Doing my friend's taxes and her company didn't reduce her gross income on her W-2 for money set aside for commuter checks. From what I understand, these are pre-tax dollars for both federal and California because on my W-2 my reported lower wage reflects money taken out for commuter and health.

I'm using H&R software and can see where to adjust for state but can't find it for the federal side. Does my friend have to ask payroll to make a W-2 correction or am I overlooking it (is there a special form or box that should be used, going to file with long form)? Also, she didn't go over the federal monthly limits.

Thank you for your help.
This is a perfect example of why someone should NOT be doing their friend's taxes.