topic Why am I paying taxes on a Roth IRA? It was purchased in 2010 with after tax money. We did a total distribution in March 2017. in Retirement tax questions https://ttlc.intuit.com/community/retirement/discussion/why-am-i-paying-taxes-on-a-roth-ira-it-was-purchased-in-2010-with-after-tax-money-we-did-a-total/01/384813#M34380 Tue, 04 Jun 2019 18:53:23 GMT larryandglorine 2019-06-04T18:53:23Z Why am I paying taxes on a Roth IRA? It was purchased in 2010 with after tax money. We did a total distribution in March 2017. https://ttlc.intuit.com/community/retirement/discussion/why-am-i-paying-taxes-on-a-roth-ira-it-was-purchased-in-2010-with-after-tax-money-we-did-a-total/01/384813#M34380 Tue, 04 Jun 2019 18:53:23 GMT https://ttlc.intuit.com/community/retirement/discussion/why-am-i-paying-taxes-on-a-roth-ira-it-was-purchased-in-2010-with-after-tax-money-we-did-a-total/01/384813#M34380 larryandglorine 2019-06-04T18:53:23Z Distributions from a Roth IRA of monies contributed are n... https://ttlc.intuit.com/community/retirement/discussion/distributions-from-a-roth-ira-of-monies-contributed-are-n/01/384815#M34381 <P>Distributions from a Roth IRA of monies contributed are not taxable or subject to the early withdrawal penalty. If you are over 59 1/2 and the Roth IRA is more than five years old (which it is in your case), the earnings are also excluded from taxation and the early withdrawal penalty.<BR /></P>To exclude the contributions from taxation, you need to enter in the 1099-R interview your prior-year Roth IRA contributions on the page shown in the attached screenshot.<BR /> Tue, 04 Jun 2019 18:53:25 GMT https://ttlc.intuit.com/community/retirement/discussion/distributions-from-a-roth-ira-of-monies-contributed-are-n/01/384815#M34381 MinhT 2019-06-04T18:53:25Z