Direct 401k rollover inflating income in a way that affects deductions?

swallin — Tue, 10 Feb 2026 11:18:38 GMT

I understand that entering a rollover amount from 1099-R that is coded G (box 7) will not be taxable. But it causes our total income to double, as previewed on TurboTax page "Here's a Picture of Your 2023 Income." It doesn't seem to affect our tax owed, but is this inflated income affecting the level of deductions we qualify for or any other part of federal or state filings? (I don't think there is a corresponding place to back out the rollover amount, e.g., by entering it as an IRA contribution under deductions.) Thanks for any advice.

Re: Direct 401k rollover inflating income in a way that affects deductions?

Vanessa A — Mon, 19 Feb 2024 03:00:39 GMT

If it is not affecting your taxes owed, it sounds like everything is correct.

You can verify that the rollover is not part of your income by looking at your form 1040. Retirement income is shown on line 5a and 5b. The amount on 5a shows what you report, the amount on 5b shows the taxable amount. So you should see the amount in 5a, but 5b should be $0 unless you had another type of retirement income that you added as well.

There are no additional entries needed as long as you answered the questions that followed the entry of the 1099-R

On the menu bar on the left that shows.

Select Tax Tools
On the drop-down select Tools
On the pop-up menu
Select View Tax Summary
On the left sidebar, select Preview my 1040

Or look at forms mode if you are using the desktop version.

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Direct 401k rollover inflating income in a way that affects deductions?

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