I've spoken at length that early retirees should have one - fifth of your nestegg outside of
IRAs, the IRA portion can be tapped penalty free
after a five - year Roth
conversion waiting period.
Which means the net result of his $ 5,500 Roth
conversion will be $ 147 of
after - tax funds that are converted, $ 5,353 of the
conversion will be taxable, and he will end out with a $ 5,500 Roth IRA and $ 200,000 of pre-tax
IRAs that still have $ 5,353 of associated
after - tax contributions (the remaining portion of the $ 5,500 non-deductible contributions that were not converted).