Retirement tax questions

Code P on a *2016* 1099-R is for the 2015 tax year.   You are entering a *2017* 1099-R which advances the year by 1, so a 2017 1099-R with a code P means taxable in 2016.

Two for three screens after entering the 1099-R information there is a screen that asks "Which year is on the 1099-R form?"  - choose 2017.

If it was a code 8 then it would be on a 2016 1099-R that you would already have.
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