OaklandWoodTax
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Backdoor ROTH Conversion - Erroneous Tax Liability

My wife and I each made deductible contributions to Traditional IRAs in late 2019, then again in early 2020.

 

We entered the non-deductible contributions via TurboTax online as part of our 2019 filing.

 

Similarly, we've entered the non-deductible 2020 contributions as part of our 2020 filing.

 

When following the instructions I've found online and in this Online Community, we're seeing $859 unfavorable impact to our federal tax liability after completing the 1099-R entries to record the distributions and conversions.  TurboTax does recognize the cost basis as of Dec 31 2019 resulting from our 2019 non-deductible contributions.  Not sure what's causing the unfavorable tax impact!