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Retirement tax questions
Preface: I realize I jumped without looking or thoroughly researching backdoor Roth contributions.
In 2018, I made after tax contributions to my Traditional IRA for the first time and converted them to a Roth. This was done after I filed so I am filing an amended return now (trying) using TurboTax. Since my contribution was made after 12/31/2018 and converted before 4/15/2019 so I didn't receive a 1099-R until now (for 2019). TurboTax is generating an 8606 but shows no tax liability for 2018 with a future basis of $5,500 and there doesn't seem to be a way to enter information from my 5498 form (other than by overriding).
1. Does this sound like it is this calculating correctly?
Just because I thought this was such a great idea (see preface), I made another after tax contribution ($6,000) after 4/15/2019, for 2019, and converted that as well. I received a 1099-R for 2019 that shows both contributions ($11,500 total).
2. How do I incorporate/account for this information in TurboTax for my 2019 filing?
Epilogue: I have since rolled the entire balance (but not until 2020) of my traditional IRA into my employer's 401k (they allowed since was originally a roll over from a previous employer).