Effective for tax year 2025, the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) is making changes to how certain retirement and education account distributions are reported.
These changes affect:
If you are at least age 70½ and donate directly to a charity from your IRA (make a QCD), Form 1099-R may include a new distribution code to make it easier for you, your tax preparer and the IRS to confirm that the distribution was sent to a qualifying charitable organization.
The IRS has introduced code Y to indicate a QCD. This new code will be combined with either existing code 7 for a normal distribution or existing code 4 for a beneficiary distribution, when applicable.
For example:
o Combined code Y7 will be used for normal distribution QCDs
o Combined code Y4 will be used for inherited IRA–related QCDs
While this code is now in effect, the IRS has announced that use of code Y is optional for 2025. Capital Group will implement the QCD reporting changes in tax year 2026.
The IRS has implemented these changes to make tax reporting clearer and reduce filing errors. For additional details, visit IRS.gov/Form1099-R and IRS.gov/Form1099-Q.