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Never convert Backdoor Roth, do I need to pay taxes for the gain. Have separate acct for Backdoor Roth. Do I pay taxes on gain when convert? Only have 401K and Roth.
Does IRS require us to show Backdoor Roth balance (including gain/growth) when we file f8606? We plan to file f8606 retroactively starting first year of 2003? Talked to 3 CPAs. 1st one didn't know how to do it, 2nd and 3rd conflicted each other. One said no taxes on gain/growth since the account is exclusively for Backdoor Roth (after-tax contributions). The other one said IRS may ask the balance of each year. No way for us to get the info of the balance for 16 years ago.
We NEVER convert the contributions to Roth... We thought we just waited for the year we are ready to retire.
Can you or someone who has experiences dealing the mess like ours help us?
Thank you... hugmonica
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Never convert Backdoor Roth, do I need to pay taxes for the gain. Have separate acct for Backdoor Roth. Do I pay taxes on gain when convert? Only have 401K and Roth.
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There is no such thing as "backdoor Roth contributions".
Are you saying that you made non-deductible Traditional IRA contribution and never filed the required 8606 form each year to report the non-deductible contribution?
If that is the case, then you must file a 8606 for each year that such a non-deductible contrition was made. There is a $50 penalty for each missed 8606 that the IRS might waive if you request a waiver.
Note: that backdoor Roth only work when no Traditional IRA account exists prior to the non-deductible contribution and then the that is immediately converted to a Roth before there are any earnings and no Traditional IRA account at all exists at the end if the year - otherwise the non-deductible basis must be prorated over the conversion and remaining IRA value so only a portion of the conversion will be tax free. What you are describing is not a backdoor Roth.
You can get past year 8606 forms here:
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You would start with the first year and enter the non-deductible contribution on line 1 with any previous years contribution on line 2. Add 1 & 2 on line 3 and 14. Line 14 will carry to line 2 on the next years 8606 form. That would be repeated for each year that a non-deductible contribution was made.
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You can NEVER withdraw ONLY the nondeductible part - it must be prorated over the entire value of ALL Traditional IRA accounts which include SEP and SIMPLE IRA's. (For tax purposes you only have ONE Traditional IRA which can be split between as many different accounts as you want, but for tax purposes they are all added together).
For example using rough figures: if you had $60K of nondeductible contributions in an IRA with a total value of $600K (10:1 ratio), then when you take a $60K distribution from any IRA account $6,000 would be nontaxable and $54,000 would be taxable (same 10:1 ratio) , with the remaining $54K of basis staying in the IRA for future distributions. As long as there is any money in the IRA, there will be some basis.
TurboTax will ask for your non-deductible "basis" and then the *Total Value* of *all* Traditional IRA, SEP and SIMPLE accounts as of Dec 31, of the tax year. That is so the prorating of the basis can be properly proportioned between the current years distribution and the remaining IRA value. That is done on the 8606 form.
This so-called “back-door Roth” method ONLY works if you have NO OTHER Traditional IRA accounts. If you do, then the non-deductible part must be spread over ALL accounts and cannot be withdrawn by itself. Only if you started with NO Traditional, SEP & SIMPLE IRA and ended up with a zero amount in ALL Traditional, SEP & SIMPLE IRA accounts will this Roth conversion not be taxable.
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To calculate the taxable amount of your Roth conversion Form 8606 for the year of the conversion needs to know your basis in nondeductible traditional IRA contributions (from your the Form 8606 filed for the most recent year prior to the year of the Roth conversion, the amount of any new nondeductible traditional IRA contributions for the year of the Roth conversion, the amount of the Roth conversion, and the balance in traditional IRAs at the end of the year of the Roth conversion.
Presumably your current balance in traditional IRAs is greater than your basis in nondeductible traditional IRA contributions, otherwise you would not have asked the original question. Is there some reason that you do not want to roll more from your traditional IRAs over to your 401(k) so that you'll only have your basis in nondeductible traditional IRA contributions remaining to convert to Roth nontaxably, rather than having the conversion be partly taxable and partly nontaxable?
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Only if no such account exists at years end will all of the non-deductible basis be applied to offset the taxable amount. If the amount converted exceeds the amount of non-deductible (after-tax basis) the excess (gains and growth) is taxable income.
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