dmertz
Level 15

Deductions & credits

I'm not suggesting any "backdoor" Roth, just ordinary contributions to a Roth IRA.  You are not above the $150,000 MAGI limit for making an ordinary Roth IRA contribution.

 

A $200 contribution made for 2025 to a traditional IRA can be recharacterized to be a Roth IRA contribution instead (not a Roth conversion), making it as if the $200 was originally contributed to the Roth IRA instead of to the traditional IRA.

 

"I won't get any credit"

 

You mean deduction, not credit.  That's why I suggest recharacterizing the $200 contribution to be a Roth IRA contribution instead.