Taxpayer is 76 and has earned income. She contributed $7,500 to a traditional IRA in 2023, which was nondeductible for CA purposes and her $7,500 CA basis carried forward to 2024. Now in 2024, she's going to contribute another $5,500 to the IRA. Additionally, she took a $477 distribution from the IRA in 2024. Lacerte generated Form 8606 for CA and is showing her total basis as $13,000, showing the $477 distribution as nontaxable, leaving a remaining basis of $12,523 on line 14. This amount should carry forward to 2025 as her CA basis in the IRA. However, Lacerte is putting it on Sch CA, Part II, line 21 as an other expense called "loss on IRA." And no amount is showing as a carry forward to 2025. I believe this treatment is incorrect as I checked FTB Pub 1005 and did not see anything about taking a deduction for an unused basis amount. In the Sch A input screen, under State Miscellaneous Deductions Subject to 2%, there's a box that says "State loss on total distribution of a nondeductible IRA, if different [A] {CA}" and I can put a negative $12,523 in there to remove the amount from Sch CA, but it still does not show her basis carrying forward to 2025. Has anyone else experienced this? If anyone is still reading at this point, do you agree that Lacerte is not treating this correctly? Thanks for any guidance!
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