Roth deferrals incorrectly put in pre-tax source

[Dan]

The client received a deferral election from a participant and commenced withholding and remitting deferrals. But treated them as pre-tax when they should have been Roth. This went on for several years. The ideal correction is to create corrected W-2s for all involved years. Is there any simpler option, even if it is not as clean?

[rcline46]

Several years? Do a ROTH conversion now with taxes now if the participant really wants it.

[masteff]

Might read EPCRS under 2.05 "Future Enhancements". In (3) they discuss some issues w/ Roth contributions that are under consideration.

http://www.irs.gov/pub/irs-drop/rp-13-12.pdf