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February 8, 2024
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Opened IRA last year then changed mind a month later and closed it. Do I amend the 2022 return or what?

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After I opened the account last year, a couple of weeks later I spoke with someone and asked them to refund it back to my bank account and close it. But now this year I see they sent me a 1099-R. My 2022 shows the amount I put on last year's return on Form 1040, line 20. I didn't see where it decreased my tax last year after I opened it. I don't want the IRA and so what to do now? Should I amend my 2022 personal return? What is the effect of this 1099-R which shows the total amounts put in and taken out on lines 1 and 2a of that 1099-R ?

Best answer by MonikaK1
 
  Hi. No I meant what I said. Opened it 2/27/23 and closed it 3/07/23. It was opened while I was doing the 2022 return.
I am amending the 2022 return.

The effect of the contribution and withdrawal on your tax returns depends on whether the 2022 contribution was deductible. You don't need to amend your 2022 return in order to handle the 1099-R for 2023 correctly unless there was an error on the 2022 return.

 

If the IRA contribution that you made in 2023 and entered on your 2022 return reduced your taxable income for that tax year, then when you withdrew the amount in 2023, the amount would be taxable on your 2023 return.

 

If your contribution reported on the 2022 return wasn't deductible, then as @ThomasM125 states, you would still enter the withdrawal on your 2023 return but indicate where prompted in TurboTax that you made non-deductible contributions to your IRA. Your 2022 return should include a Form 8606 if you reported contributions that weren't deductible.

 

See this TurboTax tips article regarding Form 8606 and nondeductible IRA contributions.

 

Any money you contribute to a traditional IRA that you do not deduct on your tax return is a “nondeductible contribution.” You still must report these contributions on your return, and you use Form 8606 to do so.

 

Reporting them saves you money down the road. That’s because no individual’s money is supposed to be subject to federal income tax twice. Form 8606 gets it “on the record” that a portion of the money in your IRA has already been taxed. Later on, when you take distributions, a portion of the money you get back will not be subject to income tax.

 

TurboTax will ask you questions in the 1099-R section to determine if the distribution is taxable.

 

See this IRS webpage regarding the IRA deduction limits.

 

If you don't report the 1099-R on your 2023 return, the IRS information matching program will pick it up and may generate a notice proposing to tax the amount.

 

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fanfare
Employee
February 9, 2024

does the 1099-R say Code "1" or "2" in Box 7.?

If you have the total amount in Box 2a, you did not get the desired action from your custodian.

That's a problem.

RaekaAuthor
February 9, 2024

Box
Copy B: Report this income on your federal tax return. If this form shows federal income tax withheld in box 4,
attach this copy to your return.
1 Gross distribution 5,050.00
2a Taxable amount 5,050.00
2b Taxable amount not determined
Total Distribution
3 Capital gains (included in box 2a)
4 Federal income tax withheld
5 Employee contributions/Designated Roth contributions or
insurance premiums
6 Net unrealized appreciation in employers securities
7 Distribution codes 7
IRA/SEP/SIMPLE [X]

Employee
February 9, 2024

The Form 1099-R implies that you made a reportable traditional IRA contribution and a reportable traditional IRA distribution, not a return of contribution.