Retirement tax questions

You are not being taxed twice. 

 

You are taxed once on your 2020 tax return.    1099-R box 4 withholding is just estimating  the tax and  goes on line 25c on your 1040 form and offsets your overall tax liability - just like W-2 withholding.

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