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I took two early IRA distributions last year from my Fidelity IRA, that is 2 separate withdrawls on 2 different dates, 12/21 and 12/31.
Fidelity only sent one 1099-R and lumped both withdrawls together.
Now, I want to do a 60 day rollover can I do that for the total of both distributions or do I have to choose just one since the 60 day rollover is only allowed once every 12 months?
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You are asking about doing two rollovers, not one. Combining the amounts and making one deposit does not make it one rollover.
Only one of these two distributions is permitted to be rolled over. Rolling over both would be a violation of the one-rollover-per-12-months limitation and would result in an excess contribution subject to penalty. You would generally want to roll over the larger of these two distributions if you have the money. Today 02/19/2022 is generally he deadline for rolling over the the 12/21/2021 distribution if you choose to roll over that one and 03/01/2022 is the deadline to roll over the 12/31/2021 distribution.
Note that if you rolled over any other IRA distributions made in 2021, neither of these distributions is eligible for rollover. Also, if you rolled over any IRA distribution made between 12/22/2020 and 12/31/2020, the 12/21/2021 distribution is not eligible for rollover.
Note, however, if either of these distributions made in December 2021 is not eligible for rollover to a traditional IRA, they are still eligible to be rolled over to an employer plan like a 401(k) (although certainly too late to accomplish that with the 12/21/2021 distribution) or converted to a Roth IRA. If you convert to Roth, the distribution is still taxable but you'll avoid the 10% early-distribution penalty and gains in the Roth IRA will be tax free once your Roth IRAs are qualified.
Yes, you are allowed one rollover per year and that is what you are doing. If both distributions fall into the 60 allowed days, you are still having one rollover in the year 2022.
Be sure to count days. Don't rely on the calendar dates to assume you are still within the 60 days.
Unless you already took action, you missed the window for the earliest distribution.
You are asking about doing two rollovers, not one. Combining the amounts and making one deposit does not make it one rollover.
Only one of these two distributions is permitted to be rolled over. Rolling over both would be a violation of the one-rollover-per-12-months limitation and would result in an excess contribution subject to penalty. You would generally want to roll over the larger of these two distributions if you have the money. Today 02/19/2022 is generally he deadline for rolling over the the 12/21/2021 distribution if you choose to roll over that one and 03/01/2022 is the deadline to roll over the 12/31/2021 distribution.
Note that if you rolled over any other IRA distributions made in 2021, neither of these distributions is eligible for rollover. Also, if you rolled over any IRA distribution made between 12/22/2020 and 12/31/2020, the 12/21/2021 distribution is not eligible for rollover.
Note, however, if either of these distributions made in December 2021 is not eligible for rollover to a traditional IRA, they are still eligible to be rolled over to an employer plan like a 401(k) (although certainly too late to accomplish that with the 12/21/2021 distribution) or converted to a Roth IRA. If you convert to Roth, the distribution is still taxable but you'll avoid the 10% early-distribution penalty and gains in the Roth IRA will be tax free once your Roth IRAs are qualified.
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