Retirement tax questions

@zachwass20.00 , not so sure. Before reporting the IRA, I got taxes back. When I listed the IRA, I owed. All I did was contribute to a nondeductible IRA, and convert it to a Roth the next day, so there shouldn't be any additional taxes. Anyhows, I was able to somehow fix it for my 2017 contribution, since the contribution was in the tax year. But for 2016, which I contributed to in early 2017, it wasn't working, unless I said the basis of it on Dec 31, 2016 was $5,500 (which it wasn't, since I didn't contribute until early 2017). But that was the only way to avoid paying taxes on this, which I shouldn't pay, since tha taxes were paid as part of my income tax.