Backdoor Roth Conversion

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January 31, 2024
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How do I handle the following situation:
Earlier in 2023, I did a backdoor roth conversion from traditional IRA for the prior year (2022) which was $6k.

Later in 2023, I did a backdoor roth conversion from traditional IRA for the current year (2023) which was $6.5k.

My 1099 R for my traditional IRA then shows 12.5k.

How can I correctly enter this + record it as a backdoor roth conversion. I've tried adding the 1099 -R form, but my federal taxes are going up each time so I believe I am doing something incorrectly.

Thank you!

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dmertz

Level 15

The 2022 traditional IRA contribution was required to have been reported on your 2022 tax return, on Form 8606 line 1 if nondeductible. Line 14 of your 2022 From 8606 carries forward to line 2 of your 2023 Form 8606 to be added to your 2023 nondeductible traditional IRA contribution shown on line 1. Be sure to enter your 2023 traditional IRA contribution under Deductions & Credits and do not indicate that you switched (recharacterized) your contribution to be a Roth IRA contribution. You converted to Roth, you did not recharacterize to Roth.

state-taxesAuthor

Level 2

My 2022 traditional IRA contribution was reported on my 2022 8606.

Is it showing up on my 1099 R for this year as well because I did a past year contribution for 2022?

Once entering the 2023 traditional IRA contribution, how do I go about recording it as a roth conversion?

Thanks

dmertz

Level 15

The Roth conversion is indicated by entering the From 1099-R that reports the distribution from the traditional IRA, indicating that you moved the money to another retirement account, that you did a combination of rolling over, converting and cashing out, then entering the amount that was converted to Roth.