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New Member
posted Jun 1, 2019 4:58:01 AM

How do I put an entry in line 15a? I made a QCD from and RMD and am unable to override in line 15a.

IRS 1040 instructions say to put the total 1099-R amount in line 15a and the taxable amount in line 15b and enter QCD nect to the amount.  I am unable to do thos and cannot override line 15a.

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Level 15
Jun 1, 2019 4:58:12 AM

QCDs are only permitted to be made from IRAs and only after you have reached age 70½.

Do not use overrides.  Enter the Form 1099-R exactly as received under Wages & Income-> Retirement Plans and Social Security -> IRA, 401(k), Pension Plan Withdrawals (1099-R).  Make sure that the IRA/SEP/SIMPLE box is marked on TurboTax's 1099-R form as it should be on the Form 1099-R provided by the payer.  In the follow-up, when asked, indicate that you had the IRA custodian transfer some or all of the distribution to charity and indicate the amount.  TurboTax will automatically include the gross amount of the distribution on Form 1040 line 15a or Form 1040A line 11a but exclude the QCD amount from the amount on line 15b or 11b.  TurboTax will also put the notation "QCD" next to the line.

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Level 15
Jun 1, 2019 4:58:12 AM

QCDs are only permitted to be made from IRAs and only after you have reached age 70½.

Do not use overrides.  Enter the Form 1099-R exactly as received under Wages & Income-> Retirement Plans and Social Security -> IRA, 401(k), Pension Plan Withdrawals (1099-R).  Make sure that the IRA/SEP/SIMPLE box is marked on TurboTax's 1099-R form as it should be on the Form 1099-R provided by the payer.  In the follow-up, when asked, indicate that you had the IRA custodian transfer some or all of the distribution to charity and indicate the amount.  TurboTax will automatically include the gross amount of the distribution on Form 1040 line 15a or Form 1040A line 11a but exclude the QCD amount from the amount on line 15b or 11b.  TurboTax will also put the notation "QCD" next to the line.

New Member
Jun 1, 2019 4:58:14 AM

In the follow-up I was not asked if I "had the IRA custodian transfer some or all of the distribution to charity".

New Member
Jun 1, 2019 4:58:15 AM

Thanks dmertz.  I had not completed the 1099-R.  All is good!!

New Member
Feb 1, 2020 12:56:04 PM

I cannot get to a "followup"

 

New Member
Feb 1, 2020 12:57:28 PM

How do I get to a human for help?

 

Level 15
Feb 1, 2020 4:40:08 PM

The "follow-up" is the set of questions TurboTax asks after you click the Continue button on the 1099-R entry page.

 

TurboTax only asks the QCD question if the recipient was age 70½ or over during the tax year and the distribution was a regular distribution from a traditional IRA (indicated by code 7 in box 7 and the IRA/SEP/SIMPLE box marked).

New Member
Mar 19, 2020 1:19:50 PM

How do I handle QCD entries in TurboTax??

Level 15
Mar 19, 2020 1:24:12 PM

Already answered above.

Returning Member
Jan 21, 2021 8:07:36 AM

Turbo tax does not ask about QCD in follow up questions. Even under Edit.

Returning Member
Jan 21, 2021 8:12:03 AM

I completed 1099R questions ,have box 7 checked and am over 70 1/2.

Level 15
Jan 21, 2021 8:23:32 AM

2020 TurboTax presently (version R14) has a bug the prevents it from asking the necessary QCD question for those with birthdates between July 1, 1949 and June 30, 1950. As a workaround for this, with the CD/download version you can provide the QCD-amount information on the 1099-R in forms mode or in any version of TurboTax you can temporarily change your birthdate in TurboTax to something before July 1, 1949, edit the 1099-R form in TurboTax and answer the question asking how much was transferred to charity, then change your birthdate in TurboTax back to your actual birthdate.

Expert Alumni
Jan 21, 2021 12:28:04 PM

Yes, this is the correct workaround. In addition, this action can be performed in Turbo Tax online as well as the desktop version of Turbo Tax. To verify this, I changed my birthdate to a date prior to July 1, 1949. Once I did this, this generated an additional entry in the Tell us if  any of these Common Situations Apply. There is now an entry that says I transferred All or Part of Money Directly to Charity. Select this and this will generate additional questions to be answered. After this process is complete, then you can correct your birthdate.  Here is the screenshot that should appear and the additional entry that generated.

Returning Member
Jan 21, 2021 2:59:24 PM

Thank you . This did work but I had to deal with all the questions about RMD's because it thought I was now 72. It also made my Form 5498 wrong but I don't have to report that to IRS even though it asks for the amount on the form.

New Member
Jan 23, 2021 3:55:09 PM

There are no questions associated with QCD under 1099r section of Turbo Tax.  Where do I input the information?

New Member
Jan 23, 2021 6:46:37 PM

I was 70.5 on December 10, 2020 and made a QCD shortly thereafter. TurboTax is not asking me the followup question you describe to get the QCD handled as you describe.

Level 15
Jan 24, 2021 5:19:25 AM

See the workaround for this bug that I posted above, 5 replies up. 

Level 1
Jan 29, 2021 12:01:55 PM

My husband took a distribution from his traditional IRA  He used part of it to make a QCD.  He was 701/2 at the time, code 7 shows in the box and the IRA/SEP/Simple box is checked.  I still do not get the charity question on the next screen. 

Level 15
Jan 29, 2021 12:05:58 PM

Delete the Form 1099-R and when reentering it indicate that none of the distribution was RMD.  Because RMDs were waived for 2020, his distribution was not an RMD even though that was the original intent of the distribution.

Level 1
Feb 1, 2021 3:28:10 PM

I was 70 1?2 last year.

The IRA simple box is checked but the software is not asking me about charitable distributions.

Is Turbotax 2020 properly programed to seek information about QCDs for users who are 70 1/2 and 71 and under the new tax law  not required to make RMDs but are eligible to make QCDs?

Level 15
Feb 1, 2021 4:19:45 PM

See my post above about temporarily changing your birthdate to work around the TurboTax bug that is preventing TurboTax from allowing you to indicate that the distribution was transferred to charity.