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April 7, 2023
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Roth IRA Excess Contribution taxes on earnings

  • April 7, 2023
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Hi,

In 2022 I made an excess contribution to my Roth IRA of 6000. I used Fidelity to auto-calculate the excess contribution and earnings which withdrew $6,261 in early 2023. Fidelity says they wont send a form out until 2024 since I performed this action in 2023. In Turbo Tax desktop, how would I handle this situation? Turbo Tax is asking me how much I withdrew from my excess contribution and that it cannot be more than the original amount (in my case I had earnings). How would I pay taxes on these earnings? when filing 2022 taxes or 2023 taxes next year when fidelity sends me the form. Thanks !

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April 8, 2023

If you withdrew the full contribution then you don't need to enter it in the IRA contribution interview. Another option is to enter it in the contribution interview and enter the contribution amount removed (ignore the earnings) on the penalty screen:

 

  1. Open your return
  2. Click “Deductions &Credits” on the top
  3. Click "I'll choose what to work on"
  4. Scroll down to “Traditional and Roth IRA Contributions” and click “Start
  5. Select “Roth IRA
  6. Continue until the penalty screen and enter the excess contribution amount of $6,000 as withdrawn.

 

 

You will get a 2023 Form 1099-R  in 2024 with codes P and J for the withdrawal of excess contributions and earnings. This 1099-R will have to be included on your 2022 tax return and you have two options:  

  • You can wait until you receive the 2023 Form 1099-R in 2024 and amend your 2022 return or
  • You can report it now in your 2022 return and ignore the 1099-R when it comes unless there is Box 4 Federal Tax withholding and/or Box 14 State withholding. Then you must enter the 2023 Form 1099-R into the 2023 tax return since the withholdings are reported in the year that the tax was withheld. The 2023 code P will not do anything to the 2023 tax return but the withholdings will be applied to 2023.

 

To create a Form 1099-R in your 2022 return please follow the steps below:

 

  1. Click "Federal Taxes" on the top and select "Wages & Income"
  2. Click "I'll choose what to work on"
  3. Scroll down and click "Start" next to "IRA, 401(k), Pension Plan (1099-R)
  4. Answer "Yes" to "Did you get a 1099-R in 2022?"
  5. Select "I'll type it in myself"
  6. Box 1 enter total distribution of $6,261 (contribution plus earning)
  7. Box 2a enter the earnings ($261)
  8. Box 7 enter J and P
  9. Click "Continue"
  10. On the "Which year on Form 1099-R" screen say that this is a 2023 Form 1099-R.
  11. Click "Continue" after all 1099-R are entered and answer all the questions.
  12. Continue until "Did you use your IRA to pay for any of these expenses?" screen and enter the amount of earnings under "Another reason" if you are over 59 1/2 (if you are under 59 1/2 and removed the excess after December 29, 2022, then enter it next to "Corrective Distributions made on or after December 31, 2022")

 

Please be aware, code P will say in the drop-down menu "Return of contribution taxable in 2021" but you can ignore that since the follow-up question will tell TurboTax that it will be taxable in 2022.

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