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Retirement tax questions
Yes, once the Form 8915-E is updated and included in TurboTax, you will be able to select "I took out this money because of a qualified disaster (includes COVID-19)" and then TurboTax will walk you through questions and then automatically calculate the correct amount of taxable income to spread the income over three years. The tax withheld on Form 1099-R will be credited towards 2020.
Please remember if you pay the amount back in any of the 3 years then you can amend your returns and get your taxes paid back.
See the example from the IRS:
If, for example, you receive a coronavirus-related distribution in 2020, you choose to include the distribution amount in income over a 3-year period (2020, 2021, and 2022), and you choose to repay the full amount to an eligible retirement plan in 2022, you may file amended federal income tax returns for 2020 and 2021 to claim a refund of the tax attributable to the amount of the distribution that you included in income for those years, and you will not be required to include any amount in income in 2022.
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