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March 30, 2022
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Roth IRA

  • March 30, 2022
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Hi,

My son requested a disbursement for required Medical work related to his teeth, he used those proceeds to pay for necessary work on his teeth, is it taxable???

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    Level 7
    March 30, 2022

    I suggest you refer to

    https://www.irs.gov/help/ita/is-the-distribution-from-my-roth-account-taxable

    and

    https://www.irs.gov/retirement-plans/roth-iras

    The latter contains a link to Publication 590-B - which addresses distributions from IRA and Roth IRA.

     

    Also, I presume your son should receive a Form 1099-R from the financial institution which held his Roth IRA.  He should enter that data in Turbotax under the Federal Taxes  >  Wages and Income  section.

     

     


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    MaryK4
    Level 15
    March 30, 2022

    He would not have to pay tax on any income that is a return of his contribution (what he paid in), only the earnings if it was not a qualified distribution.  In addition, there is a 10% penalty for early withdrawal.

     

    He would not have to pay the 10% additional tax on distributions that aren't more than the amount you paid for unreimbursed medical expenses during the year of the distribution, minus 7.5% of your adjusted gross income for the year of the distribution.

     

    You can only take into account unreimbursed medical expenses that you would be able to include in figuring a deduction for medical expenses on Schedule A (Form 1040). You don't have to itemize your deductions to take advantage of this exception to the 10% additional tax.

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    Level 7
    March 30, 2022
    MaryK1101  I believe you meant to say:

    "He would NOT have to pay tax on any income that is a return of his contribution (what he paid in), only the earnings."

    Please advise