"Molly Brown" <recyclebinned[at]charter.net> wrote:

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Pre-tax deductions should not be included in the Box 1
amount on your W-2. If they are, contact payroll.

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Phil Marti
Clarksburg, MD

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Taxes are calculated after the amount for the health plan is
deducted from a pay check because what is paid to the health
plan is not taxable. But at the end of the year the total
for the health plan payments is included in the gross
(wages, tips, other compensation) along with the taxes that
were calculated and deducted from every pay check AFTER the
health insurance payments. Doesn't this make it seem like
taxes were NOT paid on the payments for the health plan so
you end up OWING the taxes for the health plan payments,
same as any other taxable income? Can somebody PLEASE
explain this to me? Thank you.

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