Coleen3
Intuit Alumni

Retirement tax questions

It is a non-qualified plan. Just enter it exactly as it appears and follow the interview questions.

Non Qualified money is “after tax” money.

When you invest outside of a “Qualified” plan, you do not get to write off this investment on your taxes. Put simply, money invested into Non Qualified plans will not get an upfront tax break. Additionally, the investment earnings could be taxable each year. It all depends on the type of investment you use.

For example, if you place your Non Qualified investment dollars into a CD at the bank, you will have to pay tax on the interest earnings every year. Each year, the bank will send you a 1099 tax form showing you the amount of interest earned. You are required to pay taxes on those earnings for that specific tax year. Note that you will have to pay a tax on these earnings regardless of whether you took the money out of the Bank CD or not


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