TurboTax Online will use the simplified method to determine the taxable portion for box 2a of your CSA 1099-R. Presume that:
- Monthly payments were received,
- Payments started in 2025, and
- That box 7 is code 7.
You will need to know:
- The amount of the employee contributions (should be in box 9b),
- The date the annuity started,
- The number of months that payments were received in 2025,
- The age of the recipient when the annuity started,
- The age of other beneficiaries (if there are any), and
- Was the recipient under the retirement age for the plan.
Follow these steps:
- Down the left side of the screen, click Federal.
- Down the left side of the screen, click Wages & Income.
- Click on the down arrow to the right of Retirement Plans and Social Security.
- Click to the right of IRA 401(k) Pension Plan Withdrawal (1099-R).
- At the screen Who gave you a 1099-R, select Office of Personnel Management (CSA 1099-R).
- At the screen Annuity information, select Yes for the question Did you get periodic payments from this retirement account on a regular basis?
- At the screen Annuity information, select Yes for the question Did you start getting payments in 2025.
- At the screen Annuity information, select No for the question For the years you received these distributions, was the total amount shown in the form the amount you paid tax on?
- At the screen Annuity information, enter the annuity start date, plan cost, months payments were received and amount recovered in previous years. (This will be $0 if this is the first year that you receive the payment.)
- At the screen Annuity Information, Plan Cost should be in box 9b.
- At the screen Annuity Information, enter the beneficiary ages.
- The taxable amount will be computed by the simplified method.
View Federal 1040 tax return line 5a and 5b at Tax Tools / Tools / View Tax Summary / Preview my 1040.
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