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Level 5
February 3, 2022
Question

Line 20 of Form 8606 not being populated.

  • February 3, 2022
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In 2020, I liquidated my Roth IRA of $12,000 in an early distribution at the age of 56 which I owned for more than five years. (I have not yet filed my tax return for 2020.)

 

$10,000 was used to purchase a first home and $2000 was used to pay medical bills. (I was in complete compliance with requirements for the first-time homebuyer exception.)

 

When I entered my 1099-R data, I found Line 20 of Form 8606 was not populated with the $10,000.

 

I seem to remember reading about other people having similar problems.

 

Does anyone have any suggestions on how I can fix this issue?

 

Thanks!

 

JWKinCVA

1 reply

Level 15
February 3, 2022

This is a bug in TurboTax introduced in the first release of 2020 TurboTax and still exists in 2021 TurboTax.  The only way to get around this bug to properly populate line 20 is to override line 20 in forms mode of the CD/download version of TurboTax which will prevent you from e-filing.

fanfare
Level 15
February 3, 2022

The other way around is to use a different tax software provider that will prepare a correct 8606 and e-File it.