Backdoor Roth IRA Contribution in 2025 for 2024 tax year

[silverngold1889]

I contributed the maximum amount to a traditional IRA in January 2025 for the 2024 tax year and then transferred those funds to a Roth IRA to utilize the backdoor contribution method because I make more than the authorized amount to simply contribute to a Roth IRA. When I enter this information into Turbotax I am getting an error that I can't contribute to a Roth IRA. How do I account for this so that I do not get an error? 

[MindyB]

Since the conversion occurred in 2025, you will not report that on your 2024 tax return.  You'll only report the non-deductible IRA contribution made in 2025 for 2024. Next year, using the 1099-R you will receive for the year 2025, you will then report the conversion

Here are the steps to report the nondeductible IRA contribution in TurboTax Online, from How do I enter a backdoor Roth IRA conversion?:

"Step 1:  Enter the Non-Deductible Contribution to a Traditional IRA

1. Go to Deductions & Credits
2. On the Your tax break screen, locate and select the Retirement and Investments section, then select Start or Revisit next to Traditional IRA and Roth IRA.
3. On the Traditional IRA and Roth IRA screen, check the Traditional IRA box and select Continue.
4. On the Is This a Repayment of a Retirement Distribution? screen, select No.
5. On the Tell Us How Much You Contributed screen, enter the amount contributed and select Continue.
6. On the Did You Change Your Mind? screen, select No, then answer the questions on the following screens.
7. When you reach the Choose Not to Deduct IRA Contributions screen:
8. Select Yes, make part of my IRA contribution nondeductible.
9. Enter the amount you contributed.
10. If none of your contributions can be deducted, you won't see the option to make part of it nondeductible. Instead, you will see the message Income Too High To Deduct an IRA Contribution, and the full amount of your contribution will automatically be nondeductible.
11. Select Continue.
12. On the Your IRA Deduction Summary screen, review the info and select Continue.