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60 day rule on Ira or 401k distributions spanning 2 years

I am planning on making a distribution from my IRA or 401k account in November 2025 and will pay it back within the 60 day window in January 2026.   I will deduct 10% from my IRA or 20% from my 401k.   I am trying to find out how I report this transaction for my 2025 tax return since it will cover 2 years.  The tax form I receive in 2025 will show the distribution and the taxes withheld.  However,  I will not get a 2026 form until the following year.  

 

Does anyone know how I would handle this transaction?  Thank you.

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dmertz
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60 day rule on Ira or 401k distributions spanning 2 years

On your 2025 tax return it will simply be reported as a rollover.  The fact that the rollover deposit within 60 days doesn't occur until the calendar year following the year of the distribution has no effect on you you report the distribution and rollover on your 2025 tax return.

 

Note that the distribution from the 401(k) will have a mandatory minimum 20% withheld for federal taxes, so to roll over the entire distribution you would have to use other funds to replace that 20% (or more if you elect to have more than 20% withheld).  Any excess tax withholding would become part of your 2025 tax refund.  There is no mandatory tax withholding on an IRA distribution, but there is 10% default withholding unless you specify that something other than 10% be withheld (perhaps nothing withheld).

 

A distribution from the 401(k) does not involve the one-per-365-day period limitation on rollovers, but distributions from an IRA and rolled over to another IRA (other than Roth conversions) are subject to this limitation.

60 day rule on Ira or 401k distributions spanning 2 years

Just be aware that if you file your 2025 taxes and report the 1099-R as a rollover, and then fail to make the return deposit within 60 days in 2026, the transaction will count as a taxable withdrawal for 2025 and you would have to report it as such (amending your return if necessary) and pay tax plus a 10% penalty if you are under age 59-1/2 (or possibly age 55 for the 401k, depending on circumstances.)

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