dascpa
Level 12

There is no such company plan as an individual IRA.  There is a Simple IRA but that's not what you're talking about.  The individual is supposed to fund their own IRA.  If for whatever reason the company does it, it's really a two-step [theory] transaction - wages to the employee and the employees contributes to their own IRA.  Therefore it cannot go on Line 17 since it's not a company plan.