topic Re: Box 7 in Retirement tax questions

Box 7

gcohen55 — Tue, 24 Feb 2026 08:10:55 GMT

Distributions from a Roth IRA will have code J, T or Q. Distributions from a traditional IRA will have code 1, 2, 4, or 7.

What about "H" transferring $$ From ROTH to a Annuity ROTH

Re: Box 7

dmertz — Fri, 03 Nov 2023 23:49:46 GMT

Code H is only to be used for a direct rollover from a designated Roth account in an employer's qualified retirement plan like a 401(k) to a Roth IRA. It is never to be used for any distribution from a Roth IRA. A designated Roth account in a qualified retirement plan is not a Roth IRA.

Re: Box 7

gcohen55 — Fri, 03 Nov 2023 23:56:02 GMT

So what is used in BOX 7 for a distribution for my ROTH IRA to an annuity which is also in a ROTH IRA

They both show up in my Fidelity a/c.

Is the SEP/IRA owed checked

Re: Box 7

dmertz — Sat, 04 Nov 2023 01:17:26 GMT

A Form 1099-R for the distribution from the originating Roth IRA will have code J if you are under age 59½, code T if you are over age 59½ and the account is less than 5 years old, otherwise code Q. The subsequent rollover of that distribution is indicated on your tax return with the word ROLLOVER next to line 4b of Form 1040 and will be reported by the receiving Roth IRA as a rollover contribution in box 2 of Form 5498. Such rollovers are subject to the one-rollover-per-12-months limitation.

If done within a particular custodian or directly between custodians, the movement from one Roth IRA to another should have been done by a nonreportable trustee-to-trustee transfer with no reporting on Form 1099-R, Form 5498 or your tax return. Such nonreportable trustee-to-trustee transfers are not subject to any limitations on the frequency of such transfers because they are neither a distribution nor a rollover.

The fact that the receiving Roth IRA is a Roth IRA annuity has no bearing on the reporting.

The IRS does not require the IRA/SEP/SIMPLE box to be marked for distributions from a Roth IRA so Roth IRA custodians never mark this box when code J, T or Q is present in box 7.