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Excess ira contributions

Forum|Forum|7 years ago
June 6, 2019
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Turbotax said I owed money for excess contributions to my IRA and deducted $873.00 in a 6 % tax on the excess balance on my tax forms.

My Financial Advisor says that I have a "simple IRA" and that it allows me to contribute up to $15,500 an receive additional matching funds from my employer and I did not exceed that amount. so the deduction was in error. Was the TurboTax deduction in error?

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Best answer by MinhT1

TurboTax has calculated the 6% excise tax on excess contributions as you have entered your Simple IRA contributions as contributions to a Traditional or Roth IRA. You need to revisit the IRA and delete your entry.

If you are an employee and have contributed to a Simple IRA, your contributions are already reported on your form W-2. They are deducted form taxable wages in box 1 of form W-2 and are also reported in box 12. You do not need to enter your contributions again in TurboTax.

The employee contribution limit for 2017 is $12,500 (plus a catch-up of $3,000 if age 50 or over).

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TurboTax has calculated the 6% excise tax on excess contributions as you have entered your Simple IRA contributions as contributions to a Traditional or Roth IRA. You need to revisit the IRA and delete your entry.

If you are an employee and have contributed to a Simple IRA, your contributions are already reported on your form W-2. They are deducted form taxable wages in box 1 of form W-2 and are also reported in box 12. You do not need to enter your contributions again in TurboTax.

The employee contribution limit for 2017 is $12,500 (plus a catch-up of $3,000 if age 50 or over).

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