You basis is $3,000. When you recharacterize a Roth IRA contribution as traditional IRA contribution then the earnings are deemed to have been earned in the traditional IRA.
On your 2023 return you should have entered these steps to report the recharacterization:
- Login to your TurboTax Account
- Click on "Search" on the top right and type “IRA contributions”
- Click on “Jump to IRA contributions"
- Select “Roth IRA”
- Answer ‘Yes” on the “Roth IRA Contribution” screen
- Answer “No” to “Is This a Repayment of a Retirement Distribution
- Enter the Roth contribution amount
- Answer “Yes” to the recharacterized question on the “Switch from a Roth To a Traditional IRA?” screen and enter the contribution amount of $3,000 (no earnings or losses) on the next screen.
- TurboTax will ask for an explanation statement where it should be stated that the original $3,000 plus $480 earnings (or loss) were recharacterized.
- On the screen "Choose Not to Deduct IRA Contributions" answer "Yes" if you are thinking about doing a backdoor Roth. Otherwise select "No". (If you have a retirement plan at work and are over the income limit it will be nondeductible automatically and you only get a warning and then a screen saying $0 is deductible)
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