topic I made two Roth ira backdoor contributions at the beginning of 2022, one for 2021, one for 2022. Turbox thinks I made an excess contribution. How can I correct it? in Retirement tax questions

I made two Roth ira backdoor contributions at the beginning of 2022, one for 2021, one for 2022. Turbox thinks I made an excess contribution. How can I correct it?

guoqing1001-hotm — Mon, 23 Feb 2026 13:19:50 GMT

I didn't use Turbox last year, so I couldn't make changes in previous year tax return from the tool;

1099 R of traditional IRA 2022 shows I made 12000.12 gross distribution.

Taking a step back, is that something wrong with my 1099R form?

Re: I made two Roth ira backdoor contributions at the beginning of 2022, one for 2021, one for 2022. Turbox thinks I made an excess contribution. How can I correct it?

dmertz — Sun, 05 Feb 2023 12:19:49 GMT

The Form 1099-R is correct.

The $6,000 nondeductible traditional IRA contribution for 2021 was reportable on your 2021 tax return on Form 8606 line 1. This propagates to line 14 where it carries forward to line 2 of your 2022 Form 8606. Only the traditional IRA contribution for 2022 is reported as a new $6,000 contribution on your 2022 tax return. If you failed to report the contribution for 2021 on your 2021 tax return, you must amend to include the missing Form 8606.

Your 2022 Form 8606 will show $6,000 on line 1 and $6,000 on line 2 for a total of $12,000 of basis in nondeductible traditional IRA contributions to be applied in determining the taxable amount of your $12,000.12 Roth conversion (which TurboTax rounds to $12,000). With a zero 2022 year-end balance in traditional IRAs, the taxable amount on line 18 will be zero.

Re: I made two Roth ira backdoor contributions at the beginning of 2022, one for 2021, one for 2022. Turbox thinks I made an excess contribution. How can I correct it?

fanfare — Sun, 05 Feb 2023 16:21:03 GMT

TurboTax should hire ChatGPT to spit out this answer instantly whenever the question appears, as it so often does.

meanwhile, thanks @dmertz

Re: I made two Roth ira backdoor contributions at the beginning of 2022, one for 2021, one for 2022. Turbox thinks I made an excess contribution. How can I correct it?

guoqing1001-hotm — Sun, 05 Feb 2023 19:13:39 GMT

Thank you so much for your reply!

Curious, should I put 12000 or 6000 for the traditional IRA 2022 contribution?

Re: I made two Roth ira backdoor contributions at the beginning of 2022, one for 2021, one for 2022. Turbox thinks I made an excess contribution. How can I correct it?

dmertz — Mon, 06 Feb 2023 01:24:29 GMT

$6,000. You only contributed $6,000 for 2022.