For determining the total amount of $ I contributed to my traditional and roth IRA accounts, do i simply add all the figures in boxes 12a-d?

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Boxes 12a-d on your W-2 have nothing to do with your contributions to an IRA/Roth IRA.

You may have contributions to a 401k/Roth 401k......or 403b....or 457 account showing in box 12, but none of those are IRA's. You enter those values in the software W-2 forms...and Nowhere Else.

The IRA/Roth IRA contributions area on the Deductions&Credits page is for contributions you made to an IRA/RothIRA ….separately-outside of any employer plan you have in some separate account you set up yourself.

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