topic I contributed to a Traditional IRA, and then converted/rolled it over to Roth. Now TT tells me I have excess Roth contribution. Help! in Retirement tax questions https://ttlc.intuit.com/community/retirement/discussion/i-contributed-to-a-traditional-ira-and-then-converted-rolled-it-over-to-roth-now-tt-tells-me-i-have/01/3797164#M260568 Did I enter something wrong in TT? My income is too high to contribute to Roth directly, but I thought rollovers/conversions were still okay. Tue, 24 Feb 2026 00:06:25 GMT Evie3 2026-02-24T00:06:25Z I contributed to a Traditional IRA, and then converted/rolled it over to Roth. Now TT tells me I have excess Roth contribution. Help! https://ttlc.intuit.com/community/retirement/discussion/i-contributed-to-a-traditional-ira-and-then-converted-rolled-it-over-to-roth-now-tt-tells-me-i-have/01/3797164#M260568 Did I enter something wrong in TT? My income is too high to contribute to Roth directly, but I thought rollovers/conversions were still okay. Tue, 24 Feb 2026 00:06:25 GMT https://ttlc.intuit.com/community/retirement/discussion/i-contributed-to-a-traditional-ira-and-then-converted-rolled-it-over-to-roth-now-tt-tells-me-i-have/01/3797164#M260568 Evie3 2026-02-24T00:06:25Z Re: I contributed to a Traditional IRA, and then converted/rolled it over to Roth. Now TT tells me I have excess Roth contribution. Help! https://ttlc.intuit.com/community/retirement/discussion/re-i-contributed-to-a-traditional-ira-and-then-converted-rolled-it-over-to-roth-now-tt-tells-me-i/01/3797167#M260569 <P>Did you enter it in the contribution section? &nbsp;A rollover or conversion is not a contribution. &nbsp;When you enter the 1099-R for the distribution from the traditional IRA, the program will then ask what you did with the money, and one of the choices is a Roth conversion.&nbsp;</P> Tue, 24 Feb 2026 00:08:17 GMT https://ttlc.intuit.com/community/retirement/discussion/re-i-contributed-to-a-traditional-ira-and-then-converted-rolled-it-over-to-roth-now-tt-tells-me-i/01/3797167#M260569 Opus 17 2026-02-24T00:08:17Z Re: I contributed to a Traditional IRA, and then converted/rolled it over to Roth. Now TT tells me I have excess Roth contribution. Help! https://ttlc.intuit.com/community/retirement/discussion/re-i-contributed-to-a-traditional-ira-and-then-converted-rolled-it-over-to-roth-now-tt-tells-me-i/01/3797412#M260583 <P>When entering the traditional IRA contribution, make sure that you do not indicate that you recharacterized, or "switched" the contribution to be a Roth IRA contribution.&nbsp; A a Roth IRA <EM>conversion is</EM>&nbsp;not a recharacterization.</P> Tue, 24 Feb 2026 02:02:27 GMT https://ttlc.intuit.com/community/retirement/discussion/re-i-contributed-to-a-traditional-ira-and-then-converted-rolled-it-over-to-roth-now-tt-tells-me-i/01/3797412#M260583 dmertz 2026-02-24T02:02:27Z