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You are never required to amend a return. You might want to in this case because a roth-ira is not deductible whereas a traditional IRA is deductible (so you may get a refund).
You can file these instructions to amend. Once you have prepared the 1040x and any required additional forms, you mail in the forms and wait. The IRS will eventually process it. You have about three years from the original filing date (with some exceptions) to request a refund.
https://ttlc.intuit.com/questions/1894381-how-to-amend-change-or-correct-a-return-you-already-filed
You are never required to amend a return. You might want to in this case because a roth-ira is not deductible whereas a traditional IRA is deductible (so you may get a refund).
You can file these instructions to amend. Once you have prepared the 1040x and any required additional forms, you mail in the forms and wait. The IRS will eventually process it. You have about three years from the original filing date (with some exceptions) to request a refund.
https://ttlc.intuit.com/questions/1894381-how-to-amend-change-or-correct-a-return-you-already-filed
If you did not deduct the contribution and you do not want to anend then you are required to file a 8606 form showing the non-deductible contribution on line 1, the total of any previous non-deductible contributions on line 2, the total of lines 1 & 2 on line 3 and 14. That 8606 must be mailed to the IRS. There is a $50 penalty for failing to file the 8606.
Hopefully, you had enough earned compensation to make the contribution. Even if your parents make it, you must have at least that amount of earned income or it is an excess contribution subject to a 6% penalty each year that it remains in the account.
You can either amend and claim the contribution as a deductible contribution, or download and mail the 2015 8606.
Prior year form can be downloaded here - enter 8606 in the find box. The instructions are there also.Could the account the funds are in, be transferred to a Roth IRA instead? That is apparently how the return appears to have been filed. They would be "fixing" the account to match what was reported to the IRS.
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