Elective non-deductible IRA contribution
Is there anything that would preclude a household from being able to elect to have their IRA contribution as non-deductible, even if they are eligible for making deductible contributions?
Is there anything that would preclude a household from being able to elect to have their IRA contribution as non-deductible, even if they are eligible for making deductible contributions?
Permalink Submitted by Alan - IRA critic on Tue, 2019-03-19 00:01
No. They can elect to make the contribution non deductible even when they qualify for the deduction. They may want to do this to simplify a back door Roth, or when in the income phaseout range that only generates a partial deduction. If you convert a non deductible contribution and there is no other pre tax balance, the conversion can be withdrawn without penalty anytime, but if the conversion is taxable due to the TIRA deduction, there is a 5 year holding period to distribute the conversion without penalty prior to age 59.5.