My husband had his 401K rolled over into his traditional IRA after he stopped working for a company. on the 1099-R is shows a total distribution and in box 7 the code is "G" for complete rollover and taxable amount is 0. Why is it showing up as income?
It depends on where it is showing up as taxable. It shouldn't. Here is a way you can really tell if it is taxable or not.
if there is still an amount in Box 5B, you may have rolled this amount into a Roth account. If this is the case then the amount is fully taxable because you are moving money from a tax-deferred plan into a plan funded solely with after-tax dollars.
on my form 1040 in 5a it does have the amount with the notation rollover and there is nothing in 5b.