It depends,
The ability to make
a deductible IRA contribution depends on such factors as your filing status,
your level of income and if you have a retirement plan through your employer
(or your spouse's employer). (screenshot)
If you qualify, you
still have time to make contributions to an IRA that you can deduct on your
2016 tax return. When making this contribution, you will need to indicate that
your contribution is for the 2016 tax year.
You have until April
18, 2017 for make contributions to an IRA for 2016 tax year.
For more information
about IRA contributions and limitations, please refer to this IRS link:
https://www.irs.gov/Retirement-Plans/Plan-Participant,-Employee/Retirement-Topics-IRA-Contribution-L...
Go into TurboTax and
run a couple of scenarios with various amounts of contributions.
To enter your IRA contributions in
TurboTax Online (for TurboTax
Online sign-in, click Here , then select "Take Me to My Return") or Desktop, please follow these steps:
- Once you are in your tax
return, click on the “Federal Taxes” tab ("Personal" tab in TurboTax Home
& Business)
- Next click on “Deductions
and Credits”
- Next click on "jump to
full list" or “I’ll choose what I work on”
- Scroll down the screen until
to come to the section “Retirement and Investments”
- Choose "show more",
then Traditional and Roth IRA contributions and follow the onscreen
instruction (Please note that only Traditional IRA contributions (and not
Roth contributions) have the ability to lower your taxable income)
You can check how
these contributions are affecting your taxable income by previewing your 1040.
To preview 1040 in
TurboTax Online:
- Sign into https://myturbotax.intuit.com/
- Under Tax Timeline, click on
Continue your return
- Go to "My Account"
> "Tools"
- Under the Tools Center,
select "view tax summary"
- Select "Preview my
1040"
