dmertz
Level 15

Retirement tax questions

Presumably there were no taxes withheld from this and the 2018 Form 1099-R that you received had a zero of blank box 4.  Because the check was not made payable to you personally, the BOA person originally prepared the request from incorrectly by marking it as "Early Distribution" in the first place, so it's appropriate that they change their internal coding to direct transfer.  In doing so, they must issue to you a corrected 2018 Form 1099-R showing $0 in boxes 1 and 2a.  When you receive this form marked CORRECTED, you'll then amend your 2018 tax return to remove the reporting of a distribution and rollover.