Let's say that, over the years, you have made $ 20,000
in nondeductible contributions to an IRA that is now worth $ 30,000.
And even
in a nondeductible (non-Roth) IRA, the earnings are pre-tax dollars.
Not exact matches
Those who want to contribute annually to a Roth but exceed the income cap may also take advantage of a loophole
in the tax law by doing a backdoor conversion, which entails contributing money to a traditional,
nondeductible IRA each year and then immediately converting it into a Roth.
Additionally, there is some evidence that people tend to be more cautious with their healthcare spending
in general when they have a high - deductible plan, even for
nondeductible costs, so employers are trying to slow the total spending.
I could do a «backdoor IRA» where I invest $ 5500 (the maximum
in 2015)
in a regular,
nondeductible IRA account and then immediately convert it to a Roth, but I decided against that.
In addition, you can withdraw
nondeductible contributions (but not earnings on those contributions) at any time without triggering taxes or penalties.
Before 2010, the IRS lumped pumps
in with other
nondeductible «feeding devices» like blenders and dishware.
That won't be the case anymore, and any costs for tax preparation will be
nondeductible in 2018.
Does driving home
in the middle mean that the trips home and to client B are now
nondeductible (because they are from my nonqualifying home office), so I can't even deduct what it would have cost me to go directly from A to B?
If I an correct,
in traditional IRA, the basis, as
in 8606, is the portion of the balance due to
nondeductible contribution.
In the case you do have basis from
nondeductible contributions, effectively you get credit for it spread evenly throughout your retirement.
In fact, some high income earners regularly fund
nondeductible IRAs and then convert them to a Roth, a strategy known as the «backdoor Roth IRA.»
In most cases this means a deductible IRA is better than a
nondeductible (non-Roth) IRA.
With an investment strategy that emphasizes long - term capital gains, it's sometimes possible to do better
in a taxable savings account than a
nondeductible IRA from which you make taxable distributions.
Further, by not deducting these contributions on your tax return, you pay taxes on
nondeductible IRA contributions
in the year the dollars are contributed.
A Roth IRA allows you to receive tax - free distributions of your retirement funds
in return for making
nondeductible contributions now.
If your income is very high, you might not be able to deduct the Traditional IRA contribution (wholly, or
in part) on your 2016 tax return either, and if you are
in that high - earner category, you should file Form 8606 with your tax return to tell the IRS that you have made a
nondeductible contribution to your Traditional IRA.
In later years, when you start taking distributions from your Traditional IRA, that
nondeductible contribution will not be taxed upon withdrawal.
If you made
nondeductible contributions to a traditional IRA at any time
in the past, and haven't previously withdrawn the
nondeductible contributions, then your partial conversion will be partly nontaxable.
In addition, you can withdraw
nondeductible contributions (but not earnings on those contributions) at any time without triggering taxes or penalties.
Your investments will still grow tax deferred — which means even
nondeductible contributions to a Traditional IRA may be more profitable than keeping money
in a non-tax-advantaged account.
A: If you convert the entire amount of all traditional IRAs you own, then the non-taxable part of your rollover distribution is simply the total amount of
nondeductible contributions you made to all of those IRAs, less the amount of nontaxable distributions you received
in the past.
With a Roth IRA, contributions are
nondeductible and taxed
in the year they are earned.
Bear
in mind that a traditional IRA has basis only to the extent of your
nondeductible contributions.
By contributing to the
nondeductible IRA, you will only be responsible to pay what gains you'll have from now until you convert
in 2010.
A high wage earner can contribute to a
nondeductible IRA with the sole intentions of converting it
in 2010.
The A
in IRA stands for Arrangement, not Account as most everybody thinks, and your Traditional IRA can invest
in many different things, stocks, bonds, mutual funds, etc with different custodians if you choose, but your basis is
in the IRA, not the specific investment that you made with your
nondeductible contribution.
Basis, also referred to as after - tax balances, accrue
in retirement accounts from
nondeductible contributions and rollovers of after - tax amounts to IRAs.
Each Fund is subject to a 4 %
nondeductible excise tax on certain undistributed amounts of ordinary income and capital gain under a prescribed formula contained
in Section 4982 of the Code.
These work somewhat like
nondeductible IRA contributions: they permit tax - deferred buildup of investment earnings, and they create basis
in the account so that the portion of your subsequent withdrawals representing these after - tax dollars will not be taxed again.