Retirement tax questions

Line 3 says you had a total basis of $11,499, but line 8 says the only distribution was $5,502.

 

Then line 6 says that the December 31, total value of ALL existing Traditional IRA, SEP or SIMPLE accounts you had was $1. 

 

What happened to the other $5,998 that was in the IRA?

 

(11,499 - 5502 + 1) = 5,998

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