There are currently no income limitations on
doing a ROTH IRA conversion.
is there still the alternative of creating a new IRA and
doing a roth conversion (for any income), or has that expired?
doubling up on the mortgage OR
doing the ROTH.
We are struggling to see any major disadvantages for us by
doing ROTH conversions.
We understand that there are differing opinions on this strategy but if you have a large 401K account (s), why would you not
do a ROTH conversion strategy?
From 2019 onwards, we will
do a ROTH conversion from each IRA, transferring as much as we can to stay within the 15 % income tax bracket for married filing jointly.
In all of the scenarios, you're going to use form 8606 to let the IRS know that
you did a ROTH conversion instead of just taking the money out and spending it.
I would
do a roth if you can afford it as taxes are at a historical low.
All these deductions will probably put us in negative income territory thereby allowing us to
do a ROTH conversion to Trad IRA without paying any tax.
Not exact matches
Im not sure how a
roth does nt get mentioned here in investment vehicles.
And when you make more than $ 105,000, you are going to look at your
ROTH IRA amount, with absolutely not that much to help in your retirement and wonder, «why the hell
did I lock that money up and waste my time!»
I made a 5k contribution to the
ROTH account in April and felt I was
doing the right thing until I stumbled across this article and began to doubt my decision.
I'd imagine you're probably
doing the smart thing by having a mix of both (traditional 401k and
roth IRA), but I don't know your individual situation.
100K + nonqualified & 2
roths = steady gains and market fluctuations are mere hiccups; seriously, we don't even concern ourselves with such drivel.
We
do continue to max out our 401 (k) s and
Roths to lower our tax bracket.
Inherited IRAs have RMDs, even
Roths, which don't require RMDs while the original owner is alive.
HI,
do you know if the moser
roth 70 % is still vegan?
10/10 props to eli
roth for another well
done horror film, even beats all the new ones now
The ravenous locals
do nt speak volumes for
Roths cultural sensitivity, but little here speaks much for his abilities.
And the really important part of the
ROTH conversion —
do not go near those converted assets until you absolutely need to.
When you
do this you will create a
roth ira and a traditional ira.
The example here is that you can rollover a regular IRA to a pre-tax 401K, but
do the rules let you rollover a
roth ira to a
roth 401k?
I think you can convert any $ $ OVER your RMD to a
ROTH, BUT it should be
done AFTER you have taken your RMD -LRB--- it should be a separate transaction).
I was about ready to file separate to keep my wife's loan payments on IBR down, and I was thinking about the tax vs. loan payment savings exactly as you outlined here but then I recently learned that the «married filing separate» status basically doesn't let you contribute to a
ROTH IRA.
Do I just have to weigh the value I get from having a growing
ROTH versus the savings from a lower payment?
2)
Do I have a solid 6 - 8 months emergency funds 3) Have I funded 401K and / or
ROTH IRA first?
If you don't have a
ROTH IRA currently established, please complete the Traditional and
Roth Individual Retirement Account.
Do you consistently contribute to a
ROTH IRA year after year?
Contributions to
ROTH IRAs are the same; it doesn't matter how many you have and to which ones you contribute, the total annual amount is limited per calendar year.
Only rollover to a
ROTH if you have other funds you can use to pay the taxes you will be hit with if you
do that.
Contributions to 401k
ROTH are limited per calendar year, and it doesn't matter through which employer they are made.
I agree with the at least maximize your employer match but have been confused as to why people don't max out 401k first before adding to
ROTH?
Does the TFSA have a minimum investment amount like the
ROTH's $ 100 dollar amount?
Unlike with traditional IRAs, you don't have to begin making minimum withdrawals from a Roth IRA when you reach age 70 1/2 (although in his 2016 budget president Obama
did propose, without success, subjecting
Roths to the same withdrawal criteria as traditional accounts.)
Borrowing more money so that I can invest the maximum in my
roth IRA just doesn't make sense for me.
do I have a tax issue if I am over the income level for the
roth ira contribution?
I want to start a
roth account what
do you believe would be a good amount to start with as of right now, once i graduate I will be in a public school system as a HS teacher, but before that happens I want to know what i can
do as a full time student with a limited income so that i can get started?
It doesn't say you can invest in p2p loans from any kind of account but into any kind of account (regular investing, IRA,
ROTH).
There is considerable confusion on what federal employees and retirees can
do to convert all or a part of their TSP funds to a TSP
ROTH.
So if the
ROTH is so awesome, why
do I have two more sections to this series about the bad and the ugly?
The taxes were too high to
do an IRA to
ROTH conversion so it looks like I'll have three accounts now with a taxable,
ROTH and IRA.
What they usually
do is to compare $ 5500 put into a traditional, and $ 5500 into a
ROTH (or $ 18k into a traditional and
ROTH 401k).
These plans don't have to allow
ROTH contributions, but they may, so you have to check if there's an option.
The mid-air conversions (401 (k) directly into a
ROTH) can get tricky when you go to
do your taxes the following year if the 1099 form from the releasing custodian and the 5498 form from the accepting custodian have different numbers due to the conversion amount and taxes withheld if any.
But before you start rushing to a Roth, you need to understand why even though
Roths do come out ahead in many cases, they can also fall behind in many others.
A non-deductible contribution to an IRA pretty much
does the same thing as a
ROTH — it grows tax free and at retirement it you can take it out tax free.
But if you don't have any Traditional IRA funds, the non-deductible Traditional IRA contribution and
ROTH IRA conversion might be a good strategy for setting aside some tax free retirement income for you.
Bugs
did a larger conversion; he rolled over $ 50,000 into a
ROTH IRA.
If you don't have any money in a traditional IRA yet, then you can take that non-deductible IRA and convert it to a
ROTH IRA with no tax consequences.
At this time we don't have any plans to contribute to a back door
roth.