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jaydeyezz
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What is a Roth account

 
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MinhT1
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What is a Roth account

A Roth IRA is an Individual Retirement Account to which you contribute after-tax dollars

 

While there are no current-year tax benefits, your contributions and earnings can grow tax-free, and you can withdraw them tax-free and penalty free after age 59½ and once the account has been open for five years.

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RothQ
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What is a Roth account

We each have a Roth but never kept track of our Roth contributions since all distributions would not be taxable. What figures should we use then since in TurboTax it appears IRS is now tracking distributions from contributions separately from those from earnings? Are records do not go back that many decades.

See..  'Enter Prior Year Roth IRA Contributions', then

'Report xxx's net regular contributions prior to 2024'. 

From the 'Learn More' link:

'Net Regular Contributions to a Roth IRA

If you contributed to a Roth IRA prior to 2024 and then withdrew any contribution amount, you must calculate the amount left in the IRA.

To calculate this amount, apply the Roth IRA distribution ordering rules.

Example:
You contributed $3,000 to your Roth IRA in 2021, 2022 and 2023. On June 1, 2023, you withdrew $2,500 from your Roth IRA. Subtract this amount ($2,500) from the total contributions you made ($9,000) and enter the remaining $6,500 under regular contributions to a Roth IRA.

Note: The contributed amount does not include funds converted from traditional IRA accounts.'

What would IRS's reasoning be to track your remaining contributions-only balance if not to treat differently from any earnings?

Thank you!

RothQ
New Member

What is a Roth account

Typo: Our records do not go back that many decades.

KrisD15
Expert Alumni

What is a Roth account

Tracking the basis of Roth accounts is an added benefit of the TurboTax programs. It does not get reported on your tax return and is only an option and not mandatory. 

 

HERE is a link that tells more.

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