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Individual Retirement Arrangements (IRAs) - Roth IRA

  1. Do I report my nondeductible Roth IRA contributions on Form 8606?
  2. Can a person make a contribution to a SEP-IRA and a Roth IRA too?

Rev. date: 12/21/2012

Do I report my nondeductible Roth IRA contributions on Form 8606?

Do not use Form 8606 (PDF), Nondeductible IRAs, to report nondeductible Roth IRA contributions.

However, you should use Form 8606 to report amounts that you converted from a traditional IRA, a SEP, or Simple IRA to a Roth IRA.

Rev. date: 12/21/2012

Can a person make a contribution to a SEP-IRA and a Roth IRA too?

An individual can make traditional IRA contributions to a SEP-IRA and contributions to a Roth IRA.  However, like other traditional IRA contributions, traditional IRA contributions that are made to a SEP IRA reduce the amount that the individual can contribute to a Roth IRA.  
An employer that has established a SEP can also make SEP contributions to a SEP IRA on behalf of an individual that is an employee of the employer and those contributions do not reduce the amount that the individual can contribute to a traditional IRA or Roth IRA (a self-employed individual can make such SEP contributions without reducing the amount that the individual can contribute to a traditional IRA or Roth IRA).
It is important to remember that:
Review Chapter 2 of Publication 590, Individual Retirement Arrangements (IRAs), for the requirements to contribute to a SEP and a Roth IRA.