My wife and I both took distributions from our IRAs and repayed them during 2018. Turbotax wants me to pay a penalty on my "excess" contribution. How do I fix this?

[dmertz · Accepted solution]

These are rollovers, not new contributions.  Enter the rollovers by entering the Forms 1099-R under Wages & Income -> Retirement Plans and Social Security -> IRA, 401(k), Pension Plan Withdrawals (1099-R) and in the questions that follow indicate that you moved the money to another retirement account (or returned it to the same account) and indicate the amount of each distribution that you rolled over back into the IRAs.  Remove any entries you make with regard to this under Deductions & Credits -> Retirement and Investments -> Traditional and Roth IRA Contributions.

[macuser_22]

"...repayed them during 2018..."   Hopefully within 60 day of the date of distribution, or it is not an eligible rollover and it still an excess contribution subject to penalty.

[czech]

There are many reasons you may go beyond the 60 day rollover period. Fidelity has a form for that.

[dmertz]

Nothing mentioned in the question suggests that these distributions would not qualify for waiver of the 60-day deadline, but it also doesn't say that the 60-day deadline was not met..