kendrekdm
New Member

I did a backdoor Roth IRA, how do I not get double taxed?

I did a backdoor Roth IRA in April of 2016 for the 2015 Year. I opened the Traditional IRA Contributed $5,500 of after-tax money and then converted it to a Roth Ira. I have since received a 1099-R from Vanguard that says I had a distribution of $5,500 in 2016 and the reason is listed as 2 which I believe shows I converted it to a Roth IRA. I had no other Traditional IRA’s other than the one I converted, I still have no Traditional IRA’s. I want to do the same thing now in 2017 for the 2016 year. When I put this in to TurboTax I see the amount owed go up by quite a bit. It looks like it is trying to tax me for the distribution. How do I put this scenario in TurboTax so that I do not have to pay additional taxes?