I recently discovered that I made excess Roth IRA contributions of $6,500 for 2023 and $6,210 for 2024. I contacted my broker today (before April 15, 2025) to remove the excess contributions for both years. I was informed that I will receive Form 1099-R in 2026 for the withdrawal.
Since I withdrew the 2024 excess contribution before April 15, 2025, I understand that I will not be subject to the 6% excise tax for that year. However, I will owe a 6% penalty on the excess 2023 contribution because it remained in the account beyond the 2023 tax filing deadline.
Additionally, when the broker processed the withdrawal, I incurred a loss of $278.55 on the 2024 excess contribution.
My Questions:
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1. and 2. Yes, you will need to amend your returns to add the 6% penalty for the 2023 excess if you didn't include it on the original filed returns. Please see How do I amend my federal tax return for a prior year? If you had the 6% penalty for the 2023 excess on the 2024 original return then you you do not need to amend your 2024 return since you did not have any earnings on the 2024 excess. Therefore, it will not change the taxable amount and TurboTax would only add an explanation statement.
3. You will have to pay the 6% penalty for the 2023 excess on your 2023 and 2024 tax return. You should have taken a regular distribution without earnings for the 2023 excess. You will get a 2025 Form 1099-R with code J (if you are under 59 1/2) and when you enter this next year on your 2025 tax return it will resolve the penalty. It would be best to pay the 6% excess contribution penalty as soon as possible. Please see IRS penalties for additional information.
4. There is no 10% penalty on the return of excess contributions before the due date.
No, you cannot deduct the loss on your return.
To add the 6% penalty on your 2023 return, all you have to do is add the IRA contribution in the IRA contribution interview under Deductions & Credits.
On your 2024 return you will follow these steps to add the 6% penalty:
To enter the 2025 Form 1099-R with code PJ:
Please be aware, code P will say in the drop-down menu "Return of contribution taxable in 2023" but you can ignore that since the follow-up question will tell TurboTax that it will be taxable in 2024.
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