dmertz
Level 15

Retirement tax questions

If your 2018 tax return did not report this either as a deductible or as a nondeductible traditional IRA contribution, there is no need to amend your 2018 tax return.  TurboTax is only reminding to amend if your 2018 tax return reported the traditional IRA contribution and later decided to recharacterize.  The gain or loss on the recharacterization is irrelevant.