topic TT omitted Form 8606-S from my 2018 return even though I checked that we both had IRA contributions-anyone else have this issue? in Retirement tax questions

TT omitted Form 8606-S from my 2018 return even though I checked that we both had IRA contributions-anyone else have this issue?

ysjnb42150 — Sat, 08 Feb 2020 00:55:35 GMT

Re: TT omitted Form 8606-S from my 2018 return even though I checked that we both had IRA contributions-anyone else have this issue?

dmertz — Sat, 08 Feb 2020 01:20:45 GMT

Was Spouse's contribution nondeductible? Check 2018 Schedule 1 line 32 for an IRA deduction. Making a deductible traditional IRA contribution is not a reason to file Form 8606.

Re: TT omitted Form 8606-S from my 2018 return even though I checked that we both had IRA contributions-anyone else have this issue?

ysjnb42150 — Sat, 08 Feb 2020 01:27:38 GMT

Both are non-deductible contributions to separate traditional IRA accounts. Spouse contributed to an IRA for the first time during 2018, while I had done so in prior years.

Re: TT omitted Form 8606-S from my 2018 return even though I checked that we both had IRA contributions-anyone else have this issue?

dmertz — Sat, 08 Feb 2020 02:45:35 GMT

I vaguely remember something about TurboTax not including a completed Form 8606 for Spouse at some point in the past. It might have been in 2018, but the problem was rather quickly corrected and only affected early filers, I think. Unfortunately I don't have any notes on this particular issue.

If your 2018 tax return did not appear include the Form 8606 for Spouse but does show Spouse's nondeductible contribution on the IRA Contributions Worksheet, I would confirm that it is absent from your 2018 Tax Return transcript from the IRS, then file the missing Form 8606. You can probably file it stand-alone, but filing it with Form 1040X provides a place to include explanation that the tax software appeared to simply fail to include the form despite having made the appropriate entries.