AmyC
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Deductions & credits

You are doing a conversion. People will recharacterize a conversion. 

  • Think of IRA conversions as allowing you to transfer funds from a non-Roth IRA account into a Roth IRA account, often with a taxable impact.
  • Think of IRA recharacterizations as a set of special rules allowing you to change your mind about the type of your current year IRA contribution. As a result of the Tax Reform Act, beginning with 2018, recharacterization of a Roth conversion is not allowed.

See:

IRA FAQS - Recharacterization of IRA Contributions | Internal ...

IRA conversion vs characterization 

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