dmertz
Level 15

Retirement tax questions

Compensation from your part-time job should support a Roth IRA contribution.  If this is a job where you receive a W-2, the amount on a W-2 that will support an IRA contribution is the amount in box 1 minus any amount in box 11.  If the part-time job is self-employment reported on Schedule C, TurboTax will combine this with your farming loss to determine your compensation from self-employment available to contribute to a Roth IRA.

Leaving the excess in an paying an excess contribution penalty each year until the excess is resolved is usually not a good option.  If you obtain a return of contribution, you'll only pay tax and penalty on the earnings required to be distributed with the excess.

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