Up to date on January 28, 2025, with up to date screenshots from H&R Block Deluxe obtain software program for the 2024 tax yr. In case you use TurboTax or FreeTaxUSA, see:
The earlier put up Cut up-Yr Backdoor Roth in H&R Block, 1st Yr handled contributing to a Conventional IRA for the earlier yr or recharacterizing a earlier yr’s Roth IRA contribution as a Conventional IRA contribution. This put up handles the conversion half.
We cowl two instance situations. Right here’s the primary state of affairs:
You contributed $6,500 to a Conventional IRA for 2023 in 2024. The worth elevated to $6,700 once you transformed it to Roth in 2024. You obtained a 1099-R kind itemizing this $6,700 Roth conversion.
You must’ve already reported the contribution half in your 2023 tax return by following Cut up-Yr Backdoor Roth in H&R Block, 1st Yr. The IRA custodian despatched you a 1099-R kind for the conversion in 2024. This put up exhibits you easy methods to put it into H&R Block tax software program.
Right here’s the second instance state of affairs:
You contributed $6,500 to a Roth IRA for 2023 in 2023. You realized that your revenue was too excessive once you did your 2023 taxes in 2024. You recharacterized the Roth contribution for 2023 as a Conventional contribution earlier than April 15, 2024. The IRA custodian moved $6,600 out of your Roth IRA to your Conventional IRA as a result of your unique $6,500 contribution had some earnings. The worth elevated once more to $6,700 once you transformed it to Roth in 2024. You obtained two 1099-R types, one for $6,600 and one other for $6,700.
You must’ve already reported the recharacterized contribution in your 2023 tax return by following Cut up-Yr Backdoor Roth in H&R Block, 1st Yr. The IRA custodian despatched you two 1099-R types, one for the recharacterization, and the opposite for the conversion. This put up exhibits you easy methods to put each of them into H&R Block tax software program.
In case you contributed for 2024 in 2025 or when you recharacterized a 2024 contribution in 2025, you’re nonetheless within the first yr of this journey. Please observe Cut up-Yr Backdoor Roth in H&R Block, 1st Yr. In case you recharacterized your 2024 contribution in 2024 and transformed in 2024, please observe Backdoor Roth in H&R Block: Recharacterized within the Identical Yr.
If neither of those instance situations suits you, please seek the advice of our information for a traditional “clear” backdoor Roth: Report Backdoor Roth in H&R Block Tax Software program.
In case you’re married and each you and your partner did the identical factor, you need to observe the steps under as soon as for your self and as soon as once more in your partner.
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1099-R for Recharacterization
This part solely applies to the second instance state of affairs. In case you didn’t recharacterize (the primary instance state of affairs), please skip this part and leap over to the conversion part.
We deal with the 1099-R kind for recharacterization first. This 1099-R kind has a code ‘R’ in Field 7.
Click on on Federal -> Revenue. Scroll down and discover IRA and Pension Revenue (Kind 1099-R). Click on on “Go To.”
Click on on Import 1099-R when you’d like. I present guide entries with “Enter Manually” right here.
Only a common 1099-R.
The quantity that moved out of your Roth IRA to your Conventional IRA is proven in Field 1. It’s $6,600 in our instance. The taxable quantity in Field 2a is zero. The 2 checkboxes in Field 2b aren’t checked. The code in Field 7 is “R.”
The “IRA/SEP/SIMPLE” field beneath Field 7 could or will not be checked. It’s not checked in our pattern 1099-R.
Not a retired public security officer.
We like to listen to that.
You’re completed with the primary 1099-R kind. Click on on “Enter Manually” so as to add the second when you don’t have already got each 1099-R types imported.
1099-R for Conversion
The 1099-R for conversion has both a code “2” or code “7” in Field 7.
The second 1099-R kind can also be a daily 1099-R.
It’s regular to see the conversion reported in Field 2a because the taxable quantity when Field 2b is checked to say “Taxable quantity not decided.” The code in Field 7 is ‘2‘ once you’re beneath 59-1/2 or ‘7‘ once you’re over 59-1/2.
The “IRA/SEP/SIMPLE” field is checked on this 1099-R kind for the conversion.
Didn’t inherit it.
It is a essential query. Learn rigorously. Reply No, since you transformed, not rolled over.
We don’t have these repaid withdrawals handled as rollovers.
Now reply Sure, you transformed.
We transformed all of it in our instance.
Reply Sure as a result of your contribution for the prior yr was your foundation.
The refund in progress drops quite a bit at this level. Don’t panic. It’s regular and solely momentary. It should come again up after we proceed.
You might be completed with this 1099-R. Repeat the above in case you have one other 1099-R. In case you’re married and each of you transformed to Roth, take note of whose 1099-R it’s once you enter the second. You’ll have issues when you assign each 1099-Rs to the identical individual after they belong to every partner. Click on on Completed if you find yourself completed with all of the 1099-Rs.
Extra Questions
H&R Block has a couple of extra questions.
Reply Sure when you did a “clear” backdoor Roth in 2024 on prime of changing your 2023 contribution, in different phrases, you additionally contributed to a Conventional IRA for 2024 in 2024 and transformed each your 2023 contribution and your 2024 contribution in 2024. Your 1099-R consists of changing two yr’s price of contributions in a single yr.
In case you answered “Sure” to the earlier query, H&R Block will wait till you additionally enter your 2024 contribution. Your refund meter continues to be depressed however don’t fear.
In case you answered “No” to the earlier query since you didn’t contribute to a Conventional IRA for 2024, the software program will ask you in your foundation. Get that quantity from Line 14 of your Kind 8606. It’s $6,500 in our instance.
Clear Backdoor Roth On High
The conversion a part of the clear backdoor Roth is already included within the 1099-R kind we simply accomplished. Now we do the contribution half.
Click on on Federal -> Changes. Discover IRA Contributions. Click on on “Go To.”
Reply “Sure” since you contributed to a Conventional IRA in 2024 for 2024.
Verify the field for Conventional IRA.
You realize you don’t get a deduction as a result of revenue. Enter anyway. In case you don’t see this query, it means the software program thinks you’re eligible for a deduction. You may’t decline the deduction.
Enter your contribution quantity. We contributed $7,000 in our instance.
Did Not Recharacterize
That is vital. Reply No since you didn’t recharacterize. You transformed to Roth.
No extra contribution.
Foundation
H&R Block ought to import this from final yr’s knowledge however it doesn’t. Get it from final yr’s Kind 8606 Line 14. In case you didn’t have a Kind 8606 final yr as a result of the software program gave you a deduction on Schedule 1 Line 20, your foundation is zero. It’s $6,500 in our instance.
That is one other vital query. In case you emptied all of your Conventional IRA and also you don’t have any SEP or SIMPLE IRAs, technically you possibly can reply Sure and skip some questions. The safer guess is to reply No and undergo the follow-up questions. In case you’ve been going via these screens backwards and forwards, you could have put in some incorrect solutions in a earlier spherical. You should have an opportunity to evaluation and proper these solutions provided that you reply No.
Go away the packing containers clean once you contributed for 2024 in 2024.
The field must be clean or zero once you emptied all of your Conventional IRAs after changing them to Roth. In case you had a couple of {dollars} of earnings after you transformed and also you left them within the account, get the worth out of your year-end statements and put it right here. The software program will apply the pro-rata rule.
0 in Conventional IRA deduction means it’s nondeductible. Click on on Subsequent. Repeat in your partner if each of you contributed to a Conventional IRA.
Now the refund meter ought to return up after you enter the Conventional IRA contributions.
Taxable Revenue
You’re completed with the 1099-R types. Let’s take a look at how they present up in your tax return. Click on on Types on the highest and open Kind 1040 and Schedules 1-3. Click on on Conceal Mini WS. Scroll all the way down to strains 4a and 4b.
Line 4a exhibits the quantity in your 1099-R for the Roth conversion. Line 4b exhibits the taxable quantity, which is the earnings between the time you contributed to your Conventional IRA and the time you transformed it to Roth. The taxable quantity could be zero when you didn’t have any earnings. The taxable quantity will be off by a couple of {dollars} as a result of rounding.
Kind 8606 exhibits these for our instance:
| Line # | Quantity |
|---|---|
| 1 | 7,000 (provided that you additionally did a “clear” backdoor Roth on prime, in any other case clean.) |
| 2 | 6,500 |
| 3 | The sum of Line 1 and Line 2 |
| 5 | The identical as Line 3 |
| 13 | The identical as Line 3 (or near it as a result of rounding) |
| 14 | 0 |
| 16 | The quantity in your 1099-R with a code 2 or 7 |
| 17 | The identical as Line 3 (or near it as a result of rounding) |
| 18 | The distinction between Line 16 and Line 17 |
Troubleshooting
In case you adopted the steps and you aren’t getting the anticipated outcomes, right here are some things to examine.
Recent Begin
It’s greatest to observe the steps contemporary in a single move. In case you already went backwards and forwards with completely different solutions earlier than you discovered this information, a few of your earlier solutions could also be caught someplace you not see. You may delete them and begin over.
Click on on Types and delete IRA Contributions Worksheet, 1099-R Worksheet, and Kind 8606. Then begin over by following the steps right here.
Conversion Is Taxed
In case you don’t have a retirement plan at work, you’ve got a better revenue restrict to take a deduction in your Conventional IRA contribution. When you have a retirement plan at work however your revenue is low sufficient, you’re additionally eligible for a deduction in your Conventional IRA contribution. The software program provides you the deduction if it sees that your revenue qualifies. It doesn’t provide the alternative of creating it non-deductible.
A part of your conversion could possibly be taxed since you took a deduction on the Conventional IRA contribution final yr or this yr. You see whether or not you took a deduction by Schedule 1 Line 20 on final yr’s and this yr’s tax returns.
The taxable Roth IRA conversion and the deduction in your Conventional IRA contribution offset one another to create a wash. That is regular and it doesn’t trigger any issues once you certainly don’t have a retirement plan at work or when your revenue is sufficiently low.
In case you even have a retirement plan at work, perhaps the software program didn’t see it. Whether or not you’ve got a retirement plan at work is marked by the “Retirement plan” field in Field 13 of your W-2.
Possibly you forgot to examine it once you entered the W-2. Double-check the “Retirement plan” field in Field 13 of your (and your partner’s) W-2 entries to ensure it matches the W-2.
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