Retirement tax questions

Yes, you will enter steps1, the contribution, on your 2020 tax  and step 2, the conversion, on your 2021 tax return.

To enter the nondeductible contribution to the traditional IRA on your 2020 tax return:

1. Open your return
2. Click on "Search" on the top right and type “IRA contributions”
3. Click on “Jump to IRA contributions"
4. Select “traditional IRA”
5. Answer “No” to “Is This a Repayment of a Retirement Distribution?”
6. Enter the amount you contributed
7. Answer “No” to the recharacterized question on the “Did You Change Your Mind?” screen
8. Answer the next questions until you get to “Any Nondeductible Contributions to Your IRA?” and select “Yes” if you had a nondeductible contributions before this tax year.
9. If you had a basis in the Traditional IRA before then enter the amount.
10. On the “Choose Not to Deduct IRA Contributions” screen choose “Yes, make part of my IRA contribution nondeductible” and enter the amount.

Next year on your 2021 tax return to enter the 1099-R conversion: 

1. Login to your TurboTax Account 
2. Click on "Search" on the top right and type “1099-R”
3. Click on “Jump to 1099-R”
4. Click "Continue" and enter the information from your 1099-R
5. Answer questions until you get to “What Did You Do With The Money” and choose “I moved it to another retirement account”
6. Then choose “I did a combination of rolling over, converting, or cashing out money.” and enter the amount next to "Amount converted to a Roth IRA account"
7. On the "Your 1099-R Entries" screen click "continue"
8. Answer "yes" to "Any nondeductible Contribution to your IRA?"
9. Answer the questions about the basis and value