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Retirement tax questions

In addition to box 13 on your W-2, you can indicate that you were not covered by an employer retirement plan in the IRA contribution part of the interview.  To do this, please follow these steps:

 

  1. Click on Federal Taxes > Deductions & Credits  [In TT Self-Employed:  Personal > Deductions & Credits > I'll choose what I work on].
  2. Scroll down to the Retirement and Investments section and click on the Start/Revisit box next to Traditional and Roth IRA Contributions.  
  3. On the Traditional IRA and Roth IRA screen, mark the box for Traditional IRA and click Continue
  4. On the screen, Did you Contribute to a Traditional IRA?  click the Yes box. 
  5. Click the appropriate box on Is This a Repayment of a Retirement Distribution?  
  6. On the Tell Us How Much You Contributed screen, enter the amount of your contribution and click Continue
  7. On the screen, Retirement Plan Coverage? click the No box.
  8. Continue through the screens, entering the requested information.