Retirement tax questions

@Diane471    The people who issued that 1099-R have used an improper formatting for the boxes numbered 12 and higher.  TTX is using the proper 2020 box numbering for boxes 14,15,16 on the 1099-R,  and NOT your 12,13,14

 

The box 12 $$ in your form, go into the TTX software's box 14.   Your 13 goes into TTX's 15,  Then you put box 2a $, or box 1 $ into box 16.......or if you are going thru the interview....into the State Distribution amount.  (normally it is the $$ from box 2a, if box 2a has a real value in it.....otherwise, the Federally-taxable amount from box 1...which is usually, but not always, the $$ in box 1).

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