jayhawkdave
Returning Member

Old employer 401k rollover to current Roth IRA (large federal tax burden now)

In December 2020, I rolled over my wife's 401k for over $348,000 from a previous employer and withheld 10% for taxes into her current Roth IRA and now I am being taxed more than $52k for this transaction in addition to the 10% I already took on this transaction.  They sent me a check in her existing Roth IRA's name with the 10% tax taken out already and I bought more shares of the current mutual fund in her already existing Roth IRA.  What can I do to avoid paying the large federal tax burden?  Not sure why I am being taxed so much for this.

 

Thanks,

 

Dave