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Why am i only getting $200 retirement savings credit , Married filing jointly should be 10% up to $4,000. i had 3,000

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Best answer by MinhT1

The Retirement Savings Credit depends on your Adjusted Gross Income and the amounts you contribute to qualified savings accounts. If you are filing jointly, only the first $2,000 contributed by each spouse counts towards the credit. In your case, if your rate of credit is 10% and the $3,000 was contributed by only one of the spouses then the credit will be $200 (10% of $2,000). If the $3,000 were contributed by each of the spouses (say $2,000 for one and $1,000 for the other) then the tax credit would be $300 (10% of $3,000)

Please see this Turbotax article more more information:

https://turbotax.intuit.com/tax-tools/tax-tips/Taxes-101/What-Is-The-Savers-Credit-/INF15617.html



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June 1, 2019

The Retirement Savings Credit depends on your Adjusted Gross Income and the amounts you contribute to qualified savings accounts. If you are filing jointly, only the first $2,000 contributed by each spouse counts towards the credit. In your case, if your rate of credit is 10% and the $3,000 was contributed by only one of the spouses then the credit will be $200 (10% of $2,000). If the $3,000 were contributed by each of the spouses (say $2,000 for one and $1,000 for the other) then the tax credit would be $300 (10% of $3,000)

Please see this Turbotax article more more information:

https://turbotax.intuit.com/tax-tools/tax-tips/Taxes-101/What-Is-The-Savers-Credit-/INF15617.html



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