WHAT CODE IS USED TO REPORT A TRADITIONAL IRA CONTRIBUTION?

[paulagibson58]

WHAT CODE IN BOX `12 OF MY W2 IS USED TO REPORT A TRADITIONAL IRA CONTRIBUTION

[Bsch4477]

see above. 

[dmertz]

There is no code for reporting a regular traditional IRA contribution, only contributions you make to employer-provided plans (which, as Bsch4477 indicated, can include elective deferrals to a SIMPLE IRA, the amount of which your employer already subtracted from the amount that otherwise would have been reported in box 1 of your W-2).

If you are asking about entries in box 12 of a W-2, enter the amounts shown in box 12 of your W-2 only in box 12 of TurboTax's W-2 form, nowhere else in TurboTax.

[paulagibson58]

The consultant was very helpful.