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posted Jun 4, 2019 12:42:31 PM

I received fa 1099-R but did not withdraw anything at all from my 401K. Why did I receive a 1099-R and do i have to put it into my tax return?

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Jun 4, 2019 12:42:33 PM

Yes, you do have to report the 1099-R in your tax return.  The IRS has a copy of it.  You may have received it if you rolled over funds into another retirement account, in which case it isn't taxable.  Or if you took out a loan on your 401k and stopped making payments on it, the loan balance would be considered a distribution. 

The Code in Box 7 shows what type of distribution it was.

Here's info on how to enter it in TurboTax:

https://ttlc.intuit.com/replies/4194737