Retirement tax questions

If TurboTax looks confused, you are not answering the followup questions correctly

That's not your fault; the questions themselves are confusing.

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recharacterization: the original amount to the first IRA you report as contribution to the second IRA, earnings move but are ignored.
You must use a trustee-to-trustee transfer before the due date April 15,2024.
You will instruct trustee to calculate the allocable earnings.

report this on your tax return for the year during which the contribution was made.
Treat the contribution as having been made to the second IRA on the date that it was actually made to the first IRA.

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In other words, ignore and discard a 1099-R Code "N"  from your Roth IRA.

As far as IRS is concerned., the money went into the second IRA (Traditional IRA).

You probably want to mark it a non-deductible contribution.

 

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