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Level 2
June 5, 2019
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I received a lump sum from my retirement that was offered from the company I worked for. I put $8000.00 into an Roth IRA why does this show as income? Thank you!

  • June 5, 2019
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Best answer by levisncap89

ROTH IRAs are funded with after tax dollars. Rolling your distribution from an account funded with pre-tax dollars (assuming yours was) over into an after-tax account triggers a re-characterization of the distribution as taxable income.

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Level 5
June 5, 2019

ROTH IRAs are funded with after tax dollars. Rolling your distribution from an account funded with pre-tax dollars (assuming yours was) over into an after-tax account triggers a re-characterization of the distribution as taxable income.

Level 2
June 5, 2019
oh ok thanks so much for the help!