When
withdrawing from a taxable account would require selling investments held less than a year, resulting in short - term capital gains, which are taxed at ordinary income tax rates.
While realizing capital
gains from a taxable account will make only the gains taxable, the original investment amount is yours and had been taxed before.
What's more, using investments
from a taxable account first for withdrawals leaves your money in tax - advantaged traditional and Roth accounts, where it has the potential to grow tax deferred or tax free.
The idea is that, when you look at the portfolio as a whole, you can effectively liquidate a short - term
investment from a taxable account, even if that investment was actually held in a retirement account.
So long as our taxable income (which in retirement will be the amount we convert from our Traditional IRA to our Roth IRA and
dividends from our taxable account if over and above our deductions and exemptions) is below that threshold, we can and will take advantage of the 0 % long term capital gains tax by selling our highly appreciated assets in our taxable brokerage account.
Both investors will most likely find it is preferable to use
dollars from a taxable account to pay the investment management fee for a Roth IRA, even though the fee is not deductible.
And if / when I reach FIRE, I will need to use the income
from the taxable account for my expenses until I am able to draw from the tax - advantage accounts.
Paul, you can fill up your 0 % tax bracket by converting some to Roth under 70 1/2 and then meet the liquidity distribution
needs from taxable accounts.
I understand the risk of passing on the tax benefit now, but if we will need withdraw from investments during early retirement, would it not make sense to first withdraw from the Roth IRA contributions instead of requiring us to invest / withdraw
more from taxable accounts?
Parking Cash While the Cash Optimizer account pays a competitive rate and can be used to park cash
temporarily from taxable accounts, there is no place to park the cash in registered accounts.
As 2016 winds down and talk of charitable giving before year - end heats up, here are some of the key portfolios maneuvers to consider instead of simply writing
checks from your taxable account.
A simple withdrawal sequence might involve withdrawing
from taxable accounts first and tax advantaged accounts last, but, according to Daniel Hunt, Morgan Stanley Wealth Management Senior Asset Allocation Strategist, even - more complex withdrawal sequencing strategies can have a significantly greater impact on lifetime spending power.
Then, you can «sell» the short - term investments out of your taxable account (even though they're not there) by doing the following: - Sell the long - term
investment from your taxable account.
Very easy to pick up a few bucks here and there from random gigs that come my way, and I accidentally lucked into enough income from my blog such that I don't have to tap my portfolio beyond pulling some
dividends from the taxable account.
The hypothetical scenario relies on the following assumptions: 2017 federal tax figures, married filing jointly filing status, standard deduction for married couples who are age 65 or older, two personal exemptions, no alternative minimum tax, no state income tax, taxable account has an 80 % basis - to - value ratio, tax - deferred account has no basis, tax liability is
funded from a taxable account, and gross income is total reported income prior to tax deductions and exemptions.
In the latter case, you can «transfer securities in kind,» which means you move stocks, equity ETFs or even fixed
income from your taxable account to your RRSP (probably triggering some capital gains tax in the process).
Those taxpayers who did exceed the AGI threshold and did not fall victim to the AMT, did experience a tax savings if they paid these
expenses from a taxable account.
Withdraw
from your taxable accounts first.
Step 4: If that is not enough to cover your living expenses and tax liabilities, withdraw
from a taxable account or a tax - free Roth account.