Prior year Roth IRA contributions

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March 2, 2020
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I took my first-ever qualified distribution from my Roth IRA in 2019, from an account that has been open for at least 10 years. Turbotax asks me to confirm my net regular contributions prior to 2019 that remain in the account. Should this be contributions only, or contributions plus their investment gains?

Best answer by linaj20201

This should be your contribution amount only. This is also called the basis and nondeductible contributions amounts.

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dmertz

Level 15

Contributions only.

linaj20201Answer

Level 14

This should be your contribution amount only. This is also called the basis and nondeductible contributions amounts.

gustusAuthor

Level 2

Thanks for the answer. If it's a qualified distribution (I'm over 59 1/2, account open more than 5 years), then I don't understand why Turbotax needs the prior year contributions info.