I normally do a backdoor Roth IRA, but this year I accidentally put pre-tax dollars from a former 401(k) into my IRA account. What should I do?
I normally do a backdoor Roth IRA, but this year I accidentally put pre-tax dollars from a former 401(k) into my IRA account. What should I do? Each year, I perform a backdoor Roth conversion (contribute to a traditional IRA then immediately convert the next day to a Roth IRA). This year I messed up. I had ~3.5K pre-tax dollars in a 401(k) account from a former employer that I worked at briefly. They closed my 401(k) account because the balance was so low. In a rush, I just put that mon...