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Get your taxes done using TurboTax
The conversion happened in 2020 therefore the conversion will go on your 2020 tax return:
- Open your return
- Click on "Search" on the top right and type “1099-R”
- Click on “Jump to 1099-R”
- Click "Continue" and enter the information from your 1099-R
- Answer questions until you get to “What Did You Do With The Money” and choose “I moved it to another retirement account”
- Then choose “I did a combination of rolling over, converting, or cashing out money.” and enter the amount next to "Amount converted to a Roth IRA account"
- On the "Your 1099-R Entries" screen click "continue"
- Answer "yes" to "Any nondeductible Contribution to your IRA?"
- Answer the questions about the basis (nondeductible amount contributed for 2019 and prior years if applicable) and value
In your amended 2019 tax return you will enter these steps to create Form 8606 to report your basis (please see How do I amend a 2019 return in TurboTax?:(
- Open your return
- Click on "Search" on the top right and type “IRA contributions”
- Click on “Jump to IRA contributions"
- Select “traditional IRA”
- Answer “No” to “Is This a Repayment of a Retirement Distribution?”
- Enter the amount you contributed
- Answer “No” to the recharacterized question on the “Did You Change Your Mind?” screen
- Answer the next questions until you get to “Any Nondeductible Contributions to Your IRA?” and select “Yes” if you had a nondeductible contributions before 2019.
- If you had a basis in the Traditional IRA before 2019 then enter the amount.
- On the “Choose Not to Deduct IRA Contributions” screen choose “Yes, make part of my IRA contribution nondeductible” and enter the amount (if you had a retirement plan at work and your income is over a certain limit then it will just say nondeductible and trigger Form 8606)
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March 21, 2021
10:52 AM