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Retirement tax questions
Your step 3 is incorrect. This was a *Roth* contribution, not a Traditional IRA contribution. You recharactorized the Roth *to* a Traditional IRA, not the other way around. That will add the $3,286 to the Traditional IRA.
After you do the Roth recharacterization, then you can go back and check the Traditional IRA box and add the $3,000 as a *new* Traditional IRA contribution.
I suggest, going back and uncheck all boxes and then press "Continue" to remove what you entered, then re-enter.
(I am not sure if your method came up with the same result or not, but your method would not add the required recharacterization statement for the Roth that the IRS needs to properly treat it.)
After that then the total 2019 Traditional IRA contribution on the 8606 line 1 should be $3,286 + $3,000 = $6,286.
"3. I check only Traditional IRA (since I had contributed $3000 first into Roth IRA directly which was then recharacterized to Traditional IRA along with taxable gains, then I had added $3000 more into Traditional IRA then converted whole thing over for backdoor full Roth contribution for 2019)"