U.S. Individual Income Tax Return

2012

Instructions for Form 5329

Department of the Treasury
Internal Revenue Service

Additional Taxes on Qualified Plans (Including IRAs)
and Other Tax-Favored Accounts
Section references are to the Internal Revenue
Code unless otherwise noted.

General Instructions
Future Developments

For the latest information about
developments related to Form 5329 and
its instructions, such as legislation
enacted after they were published, go to
www.irs.gov/form5329.

What's New

You can elect to treat a qualified
charitable distribution (QCD) made in
January 2013 as if it was made in 2012.
Additionally, any portion of a distribution
from an IRA in December 2012
contributed as cash (or cash equivalent)
to a charity before February 1, 2013 can
be treated as a QCD if it meets certain
requirements. Both these transactions
can count towards your minimum
required distributions for 2012. See
Pub. 590, Individual Retirement
Arrangements (IRAs), for more
information.

Purpose of Form

Use Form 5329 to report additional
taxes on:
IRAs,
Other qualified retirement plans,
Modified endowment contracts,
Coverdell ESAs,
QTPs,
Archer MSAs, or
HSAs.

Who Must File

You must file Form 5329 if any of the
following apply.
You received an early distribution
from a Roth IRA, the amount on line 23
of Form 8606, Nondeductible IRAs, is
more than zero, and you are required to
enter an amount that is more than zero
on Form 5329, line 1 (see Distributions
from Roth IRAs, later).
You received an early distribution
subject to the tax on early distributions
from a qualified retirement plan (other
than a Roth IRA). However, if
distribution code 1 is correctly shown in
box 7 of all your Forms 1099-R, and you
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owe the additional tax on each Form
1099-R, you do not have to file Form
5329. Instead, see the instructions for
Form 1040, line 58, or Form 1040NR,
line 56, for how to report the 10%
additional tax directly on that line.
You received an early distribution
subject to the tax on early distributions
from a qualified retirement plan (other
than a Roth IRA), you meet an
exception to the tax on early
distributions, and distribution code 1 is
shown in box 7 of Form 1099-R.
You received an early distribution
subject to the tax on early distributions
from a qualified retirement plan (other
than a Roth IRA), you meet an
exception to the tax on early
distributions from the list on page 3, but
box 7 of your Form 1099-R does not
indicate an exception or the exception
does not apply to the entire distribution.
You received taxable distributions
from Coverdell ESAs or QTPs.
The contributions for 2012 to your
traditional IRAs, Roth IRAs, Coverdell
ESAs, Archer MSAs, or HSAs exceed
your maximum contribution limit, or you
had a tax due from an excess
contribution on line 17, 25, 33, 41, or 49
of your 2011 Form 5329.
You did not receive the minimum
required distribution from your qualified
retirement plan.

1040 or Form 1040NR. Be sure to
include your address on page 1 of the
form and your signature and the date on
page 2 of the form. Enclose, but do not
attach, a check or money order payable
to “United States Treasury” for any
taxes due. Write your SSN and “2012
Form 5329” on the check. For
information on other payment options,
including credit or debit card payments,
see the instructions for Form 1040 or
Form 1040NR, or go to IRS.gov.

If you rolled over part or all of a
distribution from a qualified
retirement plan, the part rolled
over is not subject to the 10% additional
tax on early distributions. See the
instructions for Form 1040, lines 15a
and 15b or lines 16a and 16b; Form
1040A, lines 11a and 11b or 12a and
12b; or Form 1040NR, lines 16a and
16b or 17a and 17b, for how to report
the rollover.

Note. Modified endowment contracts
are not qualified retirement plans.

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When and Where To File

File Form 5329 with your 2012 Form
1040 or Form 1040NR by the due date,
including extensions, of your Form 1040
or Form 1040NR.
If you do not have to file a 2012
income tax return, complete and file
Form 5329 by itself at the time and
place you would be required to file Form
Cat. No. 13330R

Prior tax years. If you are filing Form
5329 for a prior year, you must use the
prior year's version of the form. If you do
not have any other changes and have
not previously filed a federal income tax
return for the prior year, file the prior
year's version of Form 5329 by itself
(discussed earlier). If you have other
changes, file Form 5329 for the prior
year with Form 1040X, Amended U.S.
Individual Income Tax Return.

Definitions
Qualified retirement plan. A qualified
retirement plan includes:
A qualified pension, profit-sharing, or
stock bonus plan (including a 401(k)
plan),
A tax-sheltered annuity contract,
A qualified annuity plan, and
An IRA.

Traditional IRAs. For purposes of
Form 5329, a traditional IRA is any IRA,
including a simplified employee pension
(SEP) IRA, other than a SIMPLE IRA or
Roth IRA.
Early distribution. Generally, any
distribution from your IRA, other
qualified retirement plan, or modified
endowment contract before you reach
age 591 2 is an early distribution.
Rollover. Generally, a rollover is a
tax-free distribution of assets from one
qualified retirement plan that is
reinvested in another plan or the same
plan. Generally, you must complete the
rollover within 60 days of receiving the
distribution. Any taxable amount not
rolled over must be included in income

and may be subject to the 10%
additional tax on early distributions.
You can roll over (convert) amounts
from a qualified retirement plan to a
Roth IRA. Any amount rolled over to a
Roth IRA is subject to the same rules for
converting a traditional IRA to a Roth
IRA. You must include in your gross
income distributions from a qualified
retirement plan that you would have had
to include in income if you had not rolled
them into a Roth IRA. Generally, the
10% additional tax on early distributions
does not apply. For more information,
see chapter 2 of Pub. 590.
The IRS may waive the 60-day
requirement if failing to waive it would
be against equity or good conscience,
such as situations where a casualty,
disaster, or other events beyond your
reasonable control prevented you from
meeting the 60-day requirement. Also,
the 60-day period may be extended if
you had a frozen deposit. See Pub. 590
for details.
In-plan Roth rollover. If you are a
participant in a 401(k), 403(b), or
governmental 457(b) plan, your plan
may now permit you to roll over
amounts from those plans to a
designated Roth account within the
same plan. The rollover of any untaxed
amounts must be included in income.
Generally, the 10% additional tax on
early distributions does not apply. For
more information, see Pub. 575.
Compensation. Compensation
includes wages, salaries, tips, bonuses,
and other pay you receive for services
you perform. It also includes sales
commissions, commissions on
insurance premiums, and pay based on
a percentage of profits. It includes net
earnings from self-employment, but only
for a trade or business in which your
personal services are a material
income-producing factor.
For IRAs, treat nontaxable combat
pay and any differential wage payments,
and all taxable alimony received under a
decree of divorce or separate
maintenance as compensation.
Compensation does not include any
amounts received as a pension or
annuity and does not include any
amount received as deferred
compensation.
Taxable compensation is your
compensation that is included in gross
income reduced by any deductions on
Form 1040 or Form 1040NR, lines 27
and 28, but not by any loss from
self-employment.

Additional Information

See Pub. 590, Individual Retirement
Arrangements; Pub. 560, Retirement
Plans for Small Business; Pub. 575,
Pension and Annuity Income; Pub. 969,
Health Savings Accounts and Other
Tax-Favored Health Plans; Pub. 970,
Tax Benefits for Education; and Pub.
4492-B, Information for Affected
Taxpayers in the Midwestern Disaster
Areas.

Specific Instructions
Joint returns. If both you and your
spouse are required to file Form 5329,
complete a separate form for each of
you. Include the combined tax on Form
1040, line 58.
Amended returns. If you are filing an
amended 2012 Form 5329, check the
box at the top of page 1 of the form. Do
not use the 2012 Form 5329 to amend
your return for any other year. For
information about amending a Form
5329 for a prior year, see Prior tax
years, earlier.

Part I—Additional Tax on
Early Distributions

In general, if you receive an early
distribution (including an involuntary
cashout) from an IRA, other qualified
retirement plan, or modified endowment
contract, the part of the distribution
included in income generally is subject
to the 10% additional tax. But see
Distributions from a designated Roth
account and Distributions from Roth
IRAs, later.
The additional tax on early
distributions does not apply to any of the
following:
A qualified HSA funding distribution
from an IRA (other than a SEP or
SIMPLE IRA). See Pub. 969 for details.
A distribution from a traditional or
SIMPLE IRA that was converted to a
Roth IRA.
A rollover from a qualified retirement
plan to a Roth IRA.
In-plan rollover to a designated Roth
account.
A distribution of certain excess IRA
contributions (see the instructions for
line 15, later, and the instructions for
line 23, later).

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Note. Any related IRA earnings
withdrawn with excess IRA contributions
are subject to the 10% additional tax on
early distributions if you were under age
591 2 at the time of the distribution.
A distribution of excess contributions
from a qualified cash or deferred
arrangement.
A distribution of excess aggregate
contributions to meet nondiscrimination
requirements for employee
contributions and matching employer
contributions.
A distribution of excess deferrals.
A distribution from an eligible
governmental section 457 deferred
compensation plan to the extent the
distribution is not attributable to an
amount transferred from a qualified
retirement plan.
See the instructions for line 2, later,
for other distributions that are not
subject to the tax.

Line 1

Enter the amount of early distributions
included in income that you received
from:
A qualified retirement plan, including
earnings on withdrawn excess
contributions to your IRAs included in
income in 2012, or
A modified endowment contract
entered into after June 20, 1988.
Certain prohibited transactions, such
as borrowing from your IRA or pledging
your IRA assets as security for a loan,
are considered to be distributions and
may also cause you to owe the
additional tax on early distributions. See
Pub. 590 for details.
Distributions from a designated
Roth account. If you received an early
distribution from your designated Roth
account, include on line 1 the amount of
the distribution that you must include in
your income. You will find this amount in
box 2a of your 2012 Form 1099-R. You
may also need to include a recapture
amount on line 1 if you have ever made
an in-plan Roth rollover (discussed
next).
If you never made an in-plan
Roth rollover, you only need to
include on line 1 of this form the
amount from box 2a of your 2012 Form
1099-R reporting the early distribution.

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Instructions for Form 5329 (2012)

Recapture amount subject to the
additional tax on early distributions.
If you have ever made an in-plan Roth
rollover and you received an early
distribution for 2012, the recapture
amount to include on line 1 is a portion
of amounts you rolled over.
The recapture amount that you must
include on line 1 will not exceed the
amount of your early distribution; and,
for purposes of determining this
recapture amount, a rollover amount (or
portion of a rollover) will only be
allocated to an early distribution once.
For more information about the
recapture amount for distributions from
a designated Roth account, including
how to calculate it, see Pub. 575.
Distributions from Roth IRAs. If you
received an early distribution from your
Roth IRAs, include on line 1 the part of
the distribution that you must include in
your income. You will find this amount
on line 25 of your 2012 Form 8606. You
will also need to include on line 1 the
following amounts.
A qualified first-time homebuyer
distribution from line 20 of your 2012
Form 8606. Also include this amount on
line 2 and enter exception number 09.
Recapture amounts attributable to
any conversions or rollovers to your
Roth IRAs in 2008 through 2012. See
Recapture amount subject to the
additional tax on early distributions next.
If you did not convert or roll
over an amount to your Roth
IRAs in 2008 through 2012, or
have a first-time homebuyer distribution,
you only need to include the amount
from line 25 of your 2012 Form 8606 on
line 1 of this form.

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Recapture amount subject to the
additional tax on early distributions.
If you converted or rolled over an
amount to your Roth IRAs in 2008
through 2012 and you received an early
distribution for 2012, the recapture
amount to include on line 1 is the
amount, if any, of the early distribution
allocated to the taxable portion of your
2008 through 2012 conversions or
rollovers.
Generally, an early distribution is
allocated to your Roth IRA contributions
first, then to your conversions and
rollovers on a first-in, first-out basis. The
recapture amount is the amount of the
conversion or rollover that was subject
to tax in the year of the conversion or
the rollover. An early distribution
allocated to a conversion or rollover is
first allocated to the taxable portion.
Instructions for Form 5329 (2012)

The recapture amount that you must
include on line 1 will not exceed the
amount of your early distribution; and,
for purposes of determining this
recapture amount, a contribution,
conversion, or rollover amount (or
portion thereof) will only be allocated to
an early distribution once.
For more information about the
recapture amount for distributions from
a Roth IRA, including how to calculate it,
see Pub. 590. Also, see the Example
below that illustrates a situation where a
taxpayer must include a recapture
amount on line 1.
Example. You converted $20,000
from a traditional IRA to a Roth IRA in
2008 and converted $10,000 in 2009.
Your 2008 Form 8606 had $5,000 on
line 17 and $15,000 on line 18 and your
2009 Form 8606 had $3,000 on line 17
and $7,000 on line 18. You made Roth
IRA contributions of $2,000 for 2008
and 2009. You did not make any Roth
IRA conversions or contributions for
2010 through 2012, or take any Roth
IRA distributions before 2012.
On July 9, 2012, at age 53, you took
a $33,000 distribution from your Roth
IRA. Your 2012 Form 8606 shows
$33,000 on line 19; $29,000 on line 23
($33,000 minus $4,000 for your
contributions on line 22) and $0 on
line 25 ($29,000 minus your basis in
conversions of $30,000).
First, $4,000 of the $33,000 is
allocated to your 2012 Form 8606,
line 22; then $15,000 to your 2008 Form
8606, line 18; $5,000 to your 2008 Form
8606, line 17; and $7,000 to your 2009
Form 8606, line 18. The remaining
$2,000 is allocated to the $3,000 on
your 2009 Form 8606, line 17. On line 1,
enter $22,000 ($15,000 allocated to
your 2008 Form 8606, line 18, plus the
$7,000 that was allocated to your 2009
Form 8606, line 18).
If you take a Roth IRA distribution in
2013, the first $1,000 will be allocated to
the $1,000 remaining from your 2009
Form 8606, line 17, and will not be
subject to the additional tax on early
distributions.
Additional information. For more
details, see Are Distributions Taxable?
in Pub. 590.

Line 2

The additional tax on early distributions
does not apply to the distributions
described below. Enter on line 2 the
amount that can be excluded. In the
space provided, enter the applicable
exception number (01-12).
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No. Exception
01 Qualified retirement plan distributions
(does not apply to IRAs) you receive
after separation from service in or
after the year you reach age 55 (age
50 for qualified public safety
employees).
02 Distributions made as part of a series
of substantially equal periodic
payments (made at least annually) for
your life (or life expectancy) or the
joint lives (or joint life expectancies)
of you and your designated
beneficiary (if from an employer plan,
payments must begin after separation
from service).
03 Distributions due to total and
permanent disability.
04 Distributions due to death (does not
apply to modified endowment
contracts).
05 Qualified retirement plan distributions
up to (1) the amount you paid for
unreimbursed medical expenses
during the year minus (2) 7.5% of
your adjusted gross income for the
year.
06 Qualified retirement plan distributions
made to an alternate payee under a
qualified domestic relations order
(does not apply to IRAs).
07 IRA distributions made to
unemployed individuals for health
insurance premiums.
08 IRA distributions made for higher
education expenses.
09 IRA distributions made for purchase
of a first home, up to $10,000.
10 Distributions due to an IRS levy on
the qualified retirement plan.
11 Qualified distributions to reservists
while serving on active duty for at
least 180 days.
12 Other (see Other below). Also, enter
this code if more than one exception
applies.

Other. The following exceptions also
apply.
Distributions incorrectly indicated as
early distributions by code 1, J, or S in
box 7 of Form 1099-R. Include on line 2
the amount you received when you
were age 591 2 or older.
Distributions from a section 457 plan,
which are not from a rollover from a
qualified retirement plan.
Distributions from a plan maintained
by an employer if:

1. You separated from service by
March 1, 1986;
2. As of March 1, 1986, your entire
interest was in pay status under a
written election that provides a specific
schedule for distribution of your entire
interest; and
3. The distribution is actually being
made under the written election.
Distributions that are dividends paid
with respect to stock described in
section 404(k).
Distributions from annuity contracts to
the extent that the distributions are
allocable to the investment in the
contract before August 14, 1982.
For additional exceptions that apply
to annuities, see Pub. 575.

Line 4

If any amount on line 3 was a
distribution from a SIMPLE IRA received
within 2 years from the date you first
participated in the SIMPLE IRA plan,
you must multiply that amount by 25%
instead of 10%. These distributions are
included in boxes 1 and 2a of Form
1099-R and are designated with code S
in box 7.

Part II—Additional Tax on
Certain Distributions From
Education Accounts
Line 6

This tax does not apply to distributions
that are includible in income if:
Made due to the death or disability of
the beneficiary;
Made on account of a tax-free
scholarship, allowance, or payment
described in section 25A(g)(2);
Made because of attendance by the
beneficiary at a U.S. military academy.
This exception applies only to the extent
that the distribution does not exceed the
costs of advanced education (as
defined in title 10 of the U.S. Code) at
the academy; or
Included in income because you used
the qualified education expenses to
figure the American opportunity and
lifetime learning credits.
Enter on line 6 the portion of line 5
that is excluded.

Part III—Additional Tax on
Excess Contributions to
Traditional IRAs
If you contributed more for 2012 than is
allowable or you had an amount on
line 17 of your 2011 Form 5329, you
may owe this tax. But you may be able

to avoid the tax on any 2012 excess
contributions (see the instructions for
line 15, later).

Line 9

Enter the amount from line 16 of your
2011 Form 5329 only if the amount on
line 17 of your 2011 Form 5329 is more
than zero.

Line 10

If you contributed less to your traditional
IRAs for 2012 than your contribution
limit for traditional IRAs, enter the
difference.
If you are not married filing jointly,
your contribution limit for traditional
IRAs is the smaller of your taxable
compensation ( defined earlier) or
$5,000 ($6,000 if age 50 or older at the
end of 2012). If you are married filing
jointly, your contribution limit is generally
$5,000 ($6,000 if age 50 or older at the
end of 2012) and your spouse's
contribution limit is $5,000 ($6,000 if
age 50 or older at the end of 2012). But
if the combined taxable compensation
for you and your spouse is less than
$10,000 ($11,000 if one spouse is 50 or
older at the end of 2012; $12,000 if both
spouses are 50 or older at the end of
2012), see How Much Can Be
Contributed? in Pub. 590 for special
rules.
Also include on line 11a or 11b
(line 11 for Form 1040NR) of the IRA
Deduction Worksheet in the instructions
for Form 1040 or Form 1040NR, line 32,
the smaller of (a) Form 5329, line 10, or
(b) the excess, if any, of Form 5329,
line 9, over the sum of Form 5329, lines
11 and 12.

Line 11

Enter on line 11 any withdrawals from
your traditional IRAs that are included in
your income. Do not include any
withdrawn contributions reported on
line 12.

Line 12

Enter any excess contributions to your
traditional IRAs for 1976 through 2010
that you had returned to you in 2012
and any 2011 excess contributions that
you had returned to you in 2012 after
the due date (including extensions) of
your 2011 income tax return, that are
included on line 9, if:
You did not claim a deduction for the
excess contributions and no traditional
IRA deduction was allowable (without
regard to the modified AGI limitation) for
the excess contributions, and
The total contributions to your
traditional IRAs for the tax year for
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which the excess contributions were
made were not more than the amounts
shown in the following table.
Year(s)

Contribution Contribution
limit
limit if age
50 or older at
the end of
the year

2008
through
2011

$5,000

$6,000

2006 or
2007

$4,000

$5,000

2005

$4,000

$4,500

2002
through
2004

$3,000

$3,500

1997
through
2001

$2,000

—

before 1997

$2,250

—

If the total contributions for the year
included employer contributions to a
SEP, increase that amount by the
smaller of the amount of the employer
contributions or:
2011

$50,000

2009 or 2010

$49,000

2008

$46,000

2007

$45,000

2006

$44,000

2005

$42,000

2004

$41,000

2002 or 2003

$40,000

2001

$35,000

before 2001

$30,000

Line 15

Enter the excess of your contributions to
traditional IRAs for 2012 (unless
withdrawn—see below) over your
contribution limit for traditional IRAs.
See the instructions for line 10, earlier,
to figure your contribution limit for
traditional IRAs. Any amount you
contribute for the year in which you
reach age 701 2 or a later year is an
excess contribution because your
contribution limit is zero. Do not include
rollovers in figuring your excess
contributions.

You can withdraw some or all of your
excess contributions for 2012 and they
will not be treated as having been
contributed if:
You make the withdrawal by the due
date, including extensions, of your 2012
tax return,
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You do not claim a traditional IRA
deduction for the withdrawn
contributions, and
You withdraw any earnings on the
withdrawn contribution and include the
earnings in gross income (see the
Instructions for Form 8606 for details).
Also, if you had not reached age 591 2 at
the time of the withdrawal, include the
earnings as an early distribution on
line 1 of Form 5329 for the year in which
you report the earnings.
If you timely filed your return without
withdrawing the excess contributions,
you can still make the withdrawal no
later than 6 months after the due date of
your tax return, excluding extensions. If
you do, file an amended return with
“Filed pursuant to section 301.9100-2”
written at the top. Report any related
earnings for 2012 on the amended
return and include an explanation of the
withdrawal. Make any other necessary
changes on the amended return (for
example, if you reported the
contributions as excess contributions on
your original return, include an amended
Form 5329 reflecting that the withdrawn
contributions are no longer treated as
having been contributed).

Part IV—Additional Tax on
Excess Contributions to
Roth IRAs

If you contributed more to your Roth IRA
for 2012 than is allowable or you had an
amount on line 25 of your 2011 Form
5329, you may owe this tax. But you
may be able to avoid the tax on any
2012 excess contributions (see the
instructions for line 23, later).

Line 18

Enter the amount from line 24 of your
2011 Form 5329 only if the amount on
line 25 of your 2011 Form 5329 is more
than zero.

Line 19

If you contributed less to your Roth IRAs
for 2012 than your contribution limit for
Roth IRAs, enter the difference. Your
contribution limit for Roth IRAs is
generally your contribution limit for
traditional IRAs (see the instructions for
line 10, earlier) reduced by the amount
you contributed to traditional IRAs. But
your contribution limit for Roth IRAs may
be further reduced or eliminated if your
modified AGI for Roth IRA purposes is
over:
$173,000 if married filing jointly or
qualifying widow(er),

Instructions for Form 5329 (2012)

$0 if married filing separately and you
lived with your spouse at any time in
2012, or
$110,000 for any other taxpayer.
See Pub. 590 for details.

Line 20

Generally, enter the amount from Form
8606, line 19, plus any qualified
distributions. But if you withdrew the
entire balance of all your Roth IRAs, do
not enter less than the amount on Form
5329, line 18 (see Example below).
Example. You contributed $1,000 to
a Roth IRA in 2010, your only
contribution to Roth IRAs. In 2012, you
discovered you were not eligible to
contribute to a Roth IRA in 2010. On
September 9, 2012, you withdrew $800,
the entire balance in the Roth IRA. You
must file Form 5329 for 2010 and 2011
to pay the additional taxes for those
years. When you complete Form 5329
for 2012, you enter $1,000 (not $800)
on line 20, because you withdrew the
entire balance.

Line 23

Enter the excess of your contributions to
Roth IRAs for 2012 (unless
withdrawn—see below) over your
contribution limit for Roth IRAs (see the
instructions for line 19, earlier).

Do not include rollovers from another
Roth IRA or designated Roth account in
figuring your excess contributions.
You can withdraw some or all of your
excess contributions for 2012 and they
will not be treated as having been
contributed if:
You make the withdrawal by the due
date, including extensions, of your 2012
tax return, and
You withdraw any earnings on the
withdrawn contributions and include the
earnings in gross income (see the
Instructions for Form 8606 for details).
Also, if you had not reached age 591 2 at
the time of the withdrawal, include the
earnings as an early distribution on
line 1 of Form 5329 for the year in which
you report the earnings.
Note. A Form 5329 is not required if the
excess Roth IRA contributions are not
treated as having been contributed and
you do not have any earnings to report
as early distributions on the form.
If you timely filed your return without
withdrawing the excess contributions,
you can still make the withdrawal no
later than 6 months after the due date of
your tax return, excluding extensions. If
you do, file an amended return with
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“Filed pursuant to section 301.9100-2”
written at the top. Report any related
earnings for 2012 on the amended
return and include an explanation of the
withdrawal. Make any other necessary
changes on the amended return (for
example, if you reported the
contributions as excess contributions on
your original return, include an amended
Form 5329 reflecting that the withdrawn
contributions are no longer treated as
having been contributed).

Part V—Additional Tax on
Excess Contributions to
Coverdell ESAs
If the contributions to your Coverdell
ESAs for 2012 were more than is
allowable or you had an amount on
line 33 of your 2011 Form 5329, you
may owe this tax. But you may be able
to avoid the tax on any 2012 excess
contributions (see the instructions for
line 31, later).

Line 26

Enter the amount from line 32 of your
2011 Form 5329 only if the amount on
line 33 of your 2011 Form 5329 is more
than zero.

Line 27

Enter the excess, if any, of the
maximum amount that can be
contributed to your Coverdell ESAs for
2012 (see the instructions for line 31
below) over the amount actually
contributed for 2012.

Line 28

Enter your total distributions from
Coverdell ESAs in 2012. Do not include
rollovers or returned excess
contributions.

Line 31

Enter the excess of the contributions to
your Coverdell ESAs for 2012 (not
including rollovers) over your
contribution limit for Coverdell ESAs.
Your contribution limit is the smaller of
$2,000 or the sum of the maximum
amounts allowed to be contributed by
the contributor(s) to your Coverdell
ESAs. The maximum contribution may
be limited based on the contributor's
modified AGI. See Pub. 970 for details.

You can withdraw some or all of the
excess contributions for 2012 and they
will not be treated as having been
contributed if:
You make the withdrawal before June
1, 2013, and
You also withdraw any income
earned on the withdrawn contributions
and include the earnings in gross

income for the year in which the
contribution was made.
If you filed your return without
withdrawing the excess contributions,
you can still make the withdrawal, but it
must be made before June 1, 2013. If
you do, file an amended return. Report
any related earnings for 2012 on the
amended return and include an
explanation of the withdrawal. Make any
other necessary changes on the
amended return (for example, if you
reported the contributions as excess
contributions on your original return,
include an amended Form 5329
reflecting that the withdrawn
contributions are no longer treated as
having been contributed).

Part VI—Additional Tax on
Excess Contributions to
Archer MSAs

If you or your employer contributed
more to your Archer MSA for 2012 than
is allowable or you had an amount on
line 41 of your 2011 Form 5329, you
may owe this tax. But you may be able
to avoid the tax on any 2012 excess
contributions (see the instructions for
line 39, later).

Line 34

Enter the amount from line 40 of your
2011 Form 5329 only if the amount on
line 41 of your 2011 Form 5329 is more
than zero.

Line 35

If your contribution limit for your Archer
MSAs (the smaller of line 3 or line 4 of
Form 8853, Archer MSAs and
Long-Term Care Insurance Contracts)
is greater than the contributions to your
Archer MSAs for 2012, enter the
difference on line 35. Also include on
your 2012 Form 8853, line 5, the smaller
of:
Form 5329, line 35, or
The excess, if any, of Form 5329,
line 34, over Form 5329, line 36.

Line 39

Enter the excess of your contributions to
your Archer MSA for 2012 (from Form
8853, line 2) over your contribution limit
(the smaller of line 3 or line 4 of Form
8853). Also include on line 39 any
excess contributions your employer
made. See the Instructions for Form
8853 for details.
However, you can withdraw some or
all of the excess contributions for 2012
and they will not be treated as having
been contributed if:

You make the withdrawal by the due
date, including extensions, of your 2012
tax return, and
You withdraw any income earned on
the withdrawn contributions and include
the earnings in gross income for the
year in which you receive the withdrawn
contributions and earnings.
Include the withdrawn contributions
and related earnings on Form 8853,
lines 6a and 6b.
If you timely filed your return without
withdrawing the excess contributions,
you can still make the withdrawal no
later than 6 months after the due date of
your tax return, excluding extensions. If
you do, file an amended return with
“Filed pursuant to section 301.9100-2”
written at the top. Report any related
earnings for 2012 on the amended
return and include an explanation of the
withdrawal. Make any other necessary
changes on the amended return (for
example, if you reported the
contributions as excess contributions on
your original return, include an amended
Form 5329 reflecting that the withdrawn
contributions are no longer treated as
having been contributed).

Part VII—Additional Tax on
Excess Contributions to
Health Savings Accounts
(HSAs)
If you, someone on your behalf, or your
employer contributed more to your
HSAs for 2012 than is allowable or you
had an amount on line 49 of your 2011
Form 5329, you may owe this tax. But
you may be able to avoid the tax on any
2012 excess contributions (see the
instructions for line 47, later).

Line 43

If your contribution limit for your HSAs
(line 12 of Form 8889, Health Savings
Accounts (HSAs)) is greater than the
contributions you made to your HSAs
(or those made on your behalf) for 2012
(Form 8889, line 2), enter the difference
on line 43. Also include on your 2012
Form 8889, line 13, the smaller of:
Form 5329, line 43, or
The excess, if any, of Form 5329,
line 42, over Form 5329, line 44.

Line 47

Enter the excess of your contributions
(including those made on your behalf) to
your HSAs for 2012 (Form 8889, line 2)
over your contribution limit (Form 8889,
line 12). Also include on line 47 any
excess contributions your employer
made. See the Instructions for Form
8889 for details.
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However, you can withdraw some or
all of the excess contributions for 2012
and they will not be treated as having
been contributed if:
You make the withdrawal by the due
date, including extensions, of your 2012
return, and
You withdraw any income earned on
the withdrawn contributions and include
the earnings in gross income for the
year in which you receive the withdrawn
contributions and earnings.
Include the withdrawn contributions
and related earnings on Form 8889,
lines 14a and 14b.
If you timely filed your return without
withdrawing the excess contributions,
you can still make the withdrawal no
later than 6 months after the due date of
your tax return, excluding extensions. If
you do, file an amended return with
“Filed pursuant to section 301.9100-2”
written at the top. Report any related
earnings for 2012 on the amended
return and include an explanation of the
withdrawal. Make any other necessary
changes on the amended return (for
example, if you reported the
contributions as excess contributions on
your original return, include an amended
Form 5329 reflecting that the withdrawn
contributions are no longer treated as
having been contributed).

Part VIII—Additional Tax
on Excess Accumulation
in Qualified Retirement
Plans (Including IRAs)

You owe this tax if you do not receive
the required minimum distribution from
your qualified retirement plan, including
an IRA or an eligible section 457
deferred compensation plan. The
additional tax is 50% of the excess
accumulation—the difference between
the amount that was required to be
distributed and the amount that was
actually distributed. The tax is due for
the tax year that includes the last day by
which the minimum required distribution
is required to be taken.

Required Distributions
IRA (other than a Roth IRA). You
must start receiving distributions from
your IRA by April 1 of the year following
the year in which you reach age 701 2. At
that time, you can receive your entire
interest in the IRA or begin receiving
periodic distributions. If you choose to
receive periodic distributions, you must
receive a minimum required distribution
each year. You can figure the minimum
required distribution by dividing the
Instructions for Form 5329 (2012)

account balance of your IRAs (other
than Roth IRAs) on December 31 of the
year preceding the distribution by the
applicable life expectancy. For
applicable life expectancies, see Pub.
590.
If the trustee, custodian, or issuer of
your IRA informs you of the minimum
required distribution, you can use that
amount.
If you have more than one IRA, you
can take the minimum required
distribution from any one or more of the
individual IRAs.
For more details on the minimum
distribution rules (including examples),
see Pub. 590.
You may count the following
transactions towards your
minimum required distributions
for 2012, which is entered on line 51:
You elect to treat a QCD made in
January 2013 as if it was made in 2012.
Any portion of your distribution in
December 2012 that you contributed as
cash (or cash equivalent) to a charity
before February 1, 2013, and that
contribution meets the requirements of a
QCD.
See Pub. 590 for more information.

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Roth IRA. There are no minimum
required distributions during the lifetime
of the owner of a Roth IRA. Following
the death of the Roth IRA owner,
required distribution rules apply to the
beneficiary. See Pub. 590 for details.
Qualified retirement plans (other
than IRAs) and eligible section 457
deferred compensation plans. In
general, you must begin receiving
distributions from your plan no later than
April 1 following the later of (a) the year
in which you reach age 701 2 or (b) the
year in which you retire.

Instructions for Form 5329 (2012)

Exception. If you owned more than
5% of the employer maintaining the
plan, you must begin receiving
distributions no later than April 1 of the
year following the year in which you
reach age 701 2, regardless of when you
retire.
Your plan administrator should figure
the amount that must be distributed
each year.
Waiver of tax. The IRS can waive part
or all of this tax if you can show that any
shortfall in the amount of distributions
was due to reasonable error and you
are taking reasonable steps to remedy
the shortfall. If you believe you qualify
for this relief, attach a statement of
explanation and file Form 5329 as
follows.
1. Complete lines 50 and 51 as
instructed.
2. Enter “RC” and the amount you
want waived in parentheses on the
dotted line next to line 52. Subtract this
amount from the total shortfall you
figured without regard to the waiver, and
enter the result on line 52.
3. Complete line 53 as instructed.
You must pay any tax due that is
reported on line 53.
The IRS will review the information
you provide and decide whether to grant
your request for a waiver.
Privacy Act and Paperwork Reduction Act Notice. We ask for the
information on this form to carry out the
Internal Revenue laws of the United
States. We need this information to
ensure that you are complying with
these laws and to allow us to figure and
collect the right amount of tax. You are
required to give us this information if you
made certain contributions or received

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certain distributions from qualified plans,
including IRAs, and other tax-favored
accounts. Our legal right to ask for the
information requested on this form is
sections 6001, 6011, 6012(a), and 6109
and their regulations. If you do not
provide this information, or you provide
incomplete or false information, you
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The average time and expenses
required to complete and file this form
will vary depending on individual
circumstances. For the estimated
averages, see the instructions for your
income tax return.
If you have suggestions for making
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hear from you. See the instructions for
your income tax return.