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Retirement tax questions
You have two options to enter your prior year basis from your last filed Form 8606 line 14.
In the IRA contribution interview:
- Login to your TurboTax Account
- Click on "Search" on the top right and type “IRA contributions”
- Click on “Jump to IRA contributions"
- Select “traditional IRA”
- Answer “No” to “Is This a Repayment of a Retirement Distribution?”
- Enter the amount you contributed
- Answer “No” to the recharacterized question on the “Did You Change Your Mind?” screen
- Answer the next questions until you get to “Any Nondeductible Contributions to Your IRA?” and select “Yes” if you had a nondeductible contribution before this tax year.
- Enter your basis in the Traditional IRA from your last filed Form 8606 line 14
In the retirement section after you enter your Form 1099-R (make sure the the "IRA/ SEP/ SIMPLE" box is checked):
- Login to your TurboTax Account
- Click on the Search box on the top and type “1099-R”
- Click on “Jump to 1099-R” and you should see the “Review your 1099-R info” screen
- Click "continue" and continue through the questions.
- Answer "yes" to "Any nondeductible Contributions to your IRA?" if you had any nondeductible contributions in prior years.
- Answer the questions about the basis
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February 14, 2025
1:27 AM