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Roth IRA excess contributions - How to pay excise penalty for multiple years?

  • February 27, 2021
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We made ineligible contributions to a Roth IRA in three separate years (2017, 2018, 2019). We removed those contributions and associated earnings in a single transaction in January 2021. How and when do we pay the excise penalty using Form 5329?

 

Will we:

  • Do this just once for our 2021 return, since the distribution income came back to us in 2021?
  • Or do we need to amend returns for all three years, using a separate 5329 for each?

Thanks in advance.

    Best answer by DanaB27

    You will have to amend all 3 years to create Form 5329 and pay the penalty. 

     

    Excess contributions are taxed at 6% per year for each year the excess amounts remain in the IRA. 

     

    Please see How to amend (change or correct) a return you already filed for instructions.

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    DanaB27Answer
    Level 15
    February 27, 2021

    You will have to amend all 3 years to create Form 5329 and pay the penalty. 

     

    Excess contributions are taxed at 6% per year for each year the excess amounts remain in the IRA. 

     

    Please see How to amend (change or correct) a return you already filed for instructions.

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