Retirement tax questions

You will likely answer No.

At the screen Who gave you a 1099-R, did you select Office of Personnel Management (CSA-1099-R) or something else?

If you are reporting your first year of reporting a CSA-1099-R, follow these steps to use the simplified method to determine the taxable portion of the pension distribution.

TurboTax Online will use the simplified method to determine the taxable portion for box 2a of your CSA 1099-R.   Presume that: 

• Monthly payments were received, 
• Payments started in 2025, and 
• That box 7 is code 7.

You will need to know: 

• The amount of the employee contributions (should be in box 9b),
• The date the annuity started,
• The number of months that payments were received in 2025, 
• The age of the recipient when the annuity started,
• The age of other beneficiaries (if there are any), and 
• Was the recipient under the retirement age for the plan.

Follow these steps: 

• Down the left side of the screen, click Federal.
• Down the left side of the screen, click Wages & Income.
• Click on the down arrow to the right of Retirement Plans and Social Security.
• Click to the right of IRA 401(k) Pension Plan Withdrawal (1099-R).
• At the screen Who gave you a 1099-R, select  Office of Personnel Management (CSA 1099-R).
• At the screen Annuity information, select Yes for the question Did you get periodic payments from this retirement account on a regular basis?
• At the screen Annuity information, select Yes for the question Did you start getting payments in 2025.
• At the screen Annuity information, select No for the question For the years you received these distributions, was the total amount shown in the form the amount you paid tax on?
• At the screen Annuity information, enter the annuity start date, plan cost, months payments were received and amount recovered in previous years.  (This will be $0 if this is the first year that you receive the payment.)
• At the screen Annuity Information, Plan Cost should be in box 9b.
• At the screen Annuity Information, enter the beneficiary ages.
• The taxable amount will be computed by the simplified method.

View Federal 1040 tax return line 5a and 5b at Tax Tools / Tools / View Tax Summary / Preview my 1040.