First place your contribution in a traditional ira which has no income limits.
Back door roth ira conversion 2017.
You should contribute directly to a roth ira and avoid the backdoor conversion if your magi is below a certain amount.
But make sure you understand the tax consequences before using this strategy.
Why would i have to pay tax if this is a post tax contribution.
The backdoor roth ira contribution is a strategy and not a product or a type of ira contribution.
A backdoor roth ira allows taxpayers to contribute to a roth ira even if their income is higher than the irs approved amount for such contributions.
See publication 590 a contributions to individual retirement arrangements iras for more information.
A method that taxpayers can use to place retirement savings in a roth ira even if their income is higher than the maximum the irs allows for regular roth ira contributions.
A conversion to a roth ira results in taxation of any untaxed amounts in the traditional ira.
The conversion would be part of a 2 step process often referred to as a backdoor strategy.
For example if your traditional ira balance is 20 000 after rolling over money from a 401 k and 2 000 is from nondeductible contributions only 10 of any conversion to a roth will be tax free.
The 2020 tax year income limits are 124 000 for singles and 196 000 for.
Is there any special steps to follow to have this reported correctly i am planning to do the same contribution for 2017 before filing my return p p thanks p.
Therefore you shouldn t ask your ira custodian or trustee for a backdoor roth ira contribution.
The conversion is reported on form 8606 pdf nondeductible iras.
If taxpayer a withdraws 5 000 from the ira and rolls it into a roth 500 would be nontaxable 5 000 50 000 x 5 000 withdrawn as part of a conversion but 4 500 would be taxable 5 000 500.
Can you please elaborate on this edge case.
Or because i had a private ira for the calendar year of 2017 i am not eligible for a back door roth.
Then move the money into a roth ira using a roth conversion.
This is post tax ira for backdoor roth conversion.
More the complete guide to the roth ira.