Question

I receive a industrial disability pension, is my non-taxable retirement considered "earned income"? I got an excess contribution penalty for my Roth IRA contribution.

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June 4, 2019
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My pension gross is over $60,000 but not taxable because it is a disability retirement. I made the maximum allowable $5,500 dollar contribution to my Roth IRA but when I entered the information into Turbo Tax I received an alert that I owed a 6% penalty for an excess contribution because my earned income is zero. How is that possible?

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Vanessa11_2

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No, nontaxable retirement income is not considered earned income. If this was long-term disability benefits received prior to minimum retirement age, then it would be. But, retirement income is specifically listed as NOT earned income.

This would be the reason you are getting the alert that you overcontributed. You have to have earned income in order to contribute.

https://www.irs.gov/credits-deductions/individuals/earned-income-tax-credit/earned-income

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