Silly question?: Roth Conversion Amount

[JiminWashDC]

I converted $76k from a traditional IRA to a Roth IRA.  Taxes withheld were some $26k.  @ When TurboTax asks "amount converted to a Roth IRA account," is the amount $76k or $50k?  Thanks.

[Bsch4477 · Accepted solution]

See @dmertz 

[dmertz · Accepted solution]

If you did not replace the $26k with funds from another source so as to deposit the entire $76k into the Roth IRA, you only converted $50k.

[JiminWashDC]

Thanks, dmertz.  That was my first inclination.  But see the first response above.  That was my second inclination.  Frankly, it was TurboTax's wording that made me second-guess my first thought:  "We'll assume that everything that wasn't rolled over or converted was cashed out or wound up somewhere other than a retirement account."  I guess, under further reflection, Uncle Sam's pockets are considered somewhere other.