DanaB27
Expert Alumni

Retirement tax questions

No, you do not add both to your 2021 return. 

 

Yes, you would need to amend your 2020 taxes to add the contribution for 2020 to your 2020 return. But the deadline to make contributions for 2020 was May 17th and you stated you made the contributions in June 2021. Are you sure about that date? If yes, did your financial institute really apply it for 2020 (they should not have done that)? You might have an excess contribution.

 

To enter your contribution for 2021 on your 2021 return:

 

  1. Click on "Search" on the top right and type “IRA contributions” 
  2. Click on “Jump to IRA contributions"
  3. Select “Roth IRA
**Say "Thanks" by clicking the thumb icon in a post
**Mark the post that answers your question by clicking on "Mark as Best Answer"