I am taking life expectancy payments from my TSP account and when I enter the information from the 1099R into turbo tax it says "good news, you dont owe anything for tax"

[MichaelL1]

Is it additional tax for the 10% early withdrawal or showing the whole amount as non-taxable?

[MichaelL1]

Is there an amount in box 2a?

[dezertbum]

I am exempt from the 10 percent because I was federal law enforcement, but I don't believe I took anything out for income tax?

[dmertz · Accepted solution]

>  it says "good news, you dont owe anything for tax"

No, that's not what it says.  Presumably because your Form 1099-R has code 2 in box 7, TurboTax says that you don't owe any "extra" tax, the extra tax being a 10% early distribution penalty.  You still owe ordinary income tax on the distribution.

[dezertbum]

However, it doesn't show anything withheld on the 1099R

[MichaelL1]

You need to contact OPM online and adjust the retirement to have taxes taken out. Otherwise you will have the same problem next year.