Turbo tax keeps telling me I made to much money to contribute to Roth IRA but I ran my contribution through traditional first and then converted to Roth

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Frustrated50

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Conversion from tradition IRA to Roth

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Turbo tax keeps telling me I made to much money to contribute to Roth IRA but I ran my contribution through traditional first and then converted to Roth

dmertzAnswer

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You made a traditional IRA contribution, not a Roth IRA contribution. Do not enter the conversion as a Roth IRA contribution. Remove the Roth IRA contribution entry that you made.

dmertzAnswer

Level 15

Expert Reviewed

You made a traditional IRA contribution, not a Roth IRA contribution. Do not enter the conversion as a Roth IRA contribution. Remove the Roth IRA contribution entry that you made.