topic I contributed to a Roth IRA in 2016, but recharacterized it as a nondeductible traditional IRA contribution in 2017. How do I enter this in TurboTax? in Retirement tax questions

I contributed to a Roth IRA in 2016, but recharacterized it as a nondeductible traditional IRA contribution in 2017. How do I enter this in TurboTax?

jasoncrowder — Thu, 06 Jun 2019 05:45:13 GMT

I contributed to a Roth IRA in 2016, but then recharacterized it as a nondeductible traditional IRA contribution in 2017. When entering the traditional IRA contribution info into TurboTax, what do I put down for 'How much of the above total contribution was between January 1, 2017 and April 18, 2017?'

You will enter zero. When you recharacterize a contribut...

DanielV01 — Thu, 06 Jun 2019 05:45:13 GMT

You will enter zero. When you recharacterize a contribution, the original treatment of the contribution is treated as if it never happened. Even though you recharacterized in 2017, your original contribution (which is now a nondeductible Traditional IRA) was made in 2016. You are considered to have made your Traditional IRA contribution in 2016 and not 2017. Here is an FAQ with more information: https://ttlc.intuit.com/replies/3302139

So how do we report the Roth IRA distribution that is rep...

CCR — Thu, 06 Jun 2019 05:45:15 GMT

So how do we report the Roth IRA distribution that is reported in 1099 R with Code R for the 2017 tax year? Do we need to attach an explanation/ statement in 8606 ?