ajlee777
Returning Member

Roth IRA Distribution before 59 1/2 for IRA distributions made for qualified higher education expenses

Hi- 

 

I contributed $29000 after-tax money to my Roth IRA.  I want to withdraw the $29000 amount I contributed to pay for a qualified higher education expense. 

 

  • Based on the tax code, I believe I should not get penalized and should not get taxed again on the $29000?
  • Based on my Roth IRA 2022 Form 1099-R Box 7 is T.  Should this be another code so that I do not get taxed or penalized?  The reason why I am asking is that experimenting in TurboTax by changing the code to N, P or G seems to give me the result that represents this situation.  I want to see if anyone knows before I call my plan administrator.

Thanks a lot!