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Retirement tax questions
If you used TurboTax Desktop then you should have saved a copy of your tax return on your computer. If you used TurboTax Online then please see How do I access a prior year return?.
To enter your prior year basis you have two options.
Under IRA contributions:
- Open your return
- Click on "Search" on the top right and type “IRA contributions”
- Click on “Jump to IRA contributions"
- Select “traditional IRA”
- Answer “No” to “Is This a Repayment of a Retirement Distribution?”
- Enter the amount you contributed
- Answer “No” to the recharacterized question on the “Did You Change Your Mind?” screen
- Answer the next questions until you get to “Any Nondeductible Contributions to Your IRA?” and select “Yes”
- Enter the basis amount.
Under the retirement distribution entry 1099-R:
- Open your return
- Click on "Search" on the top right and type “1099-R”
- Click on “Jump to 1099-R”
- Click "Continue" and enter the information from your 1099-R
- Answer all follow-up questions
- On the "Your 1099-R Entries" screen click "continue"
- Answer "yes" to "Any nondeductible Contributions to your IRA?"
- Answer the questions about the basis and value
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March 23, 2021
5:43 AM