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Retirement tax questions
Since you've met the 5-year holding period, for these to be qualified distributions you would have to be over age 59½ (you are not), disabled (I assume that you are not), dead (you are not), or you meet the requirements to be a first-time homebuyer.
TurboTax's help often oversimplifies the tax code to the point of being misleading or erroneous. Not having used up the $10,000 lifetime limit on the exception (not a credit) previously is only one of the requirements. For the purpose of an early distribution from an IRA, to be a first-time homebuyer you (and, if married at the time of the purchase, your spouse) must not have had any ownership interest in a home at any time during the 2-year period ending on the date of the acquisition of the new home, you must use the distribution for the first-home purchase within 120 days following the day of the distribution, and you cannot exceed the $10,000 individual lifetime limit on using the first-time homebuyer exception. If you were a part owner of a home within the 2-year period ending on the date of acquisition of the new home, you don't qualify for the exception.
TurboTax's help often oversimplifies the tax code to the point of being misleading or erroneous. Not having used up the $10,000 lifetime limit on the exception (not a credit) previously is only one of the requirements. For the purpose of an early distribution from an IRA, to be a first-time homebuyer you (and, if married at the time of the purchase, your spouse) must not have had any ownership interest in a home at any time during the 2-year period ending on the date of the acquisition of the new home, you must use the distribution for the first-home purchase within 120 days following the day of the distribution, and you cannot exceed the $10,000 individual lifetime limit on using the first-time homebuyer exception. If you were a part owner of a home within the 2-year period ending on the date of acquisition of the new home, you don't qualify for the exception.
June 4, 2019
10:05 PM