If the rollover distribution from your traditional IRA was entirely in cash,
then your rollover contribution to your Roth IRA must also be in cash.
Not exact matches
You can
rollover the full $ 20k into a Roth IRA, pay the $ 5k extra in taxes (less painful if you just do extra
contributions at work) and
then have the full $ 20k in a Roth IRA where you can withdraw it in an emergency.
JA: So
then the next question he asks is, when I retire, what is the
contribution limit for a
rollover to existing Roth IRAs?
If you take money out of your IRA and
then run into a last minute snag that prevents you from using the money within this time limit, you're permitted to contribute the money back to your IRA (or to a new IRA) within the 120 - day limit and treat the distribution and
contribution as a
rollover.
But if you are going to talk about 401ks,
then mention: 1) the benefits of tax - deferral 2) the typical increase in
contributions via employer matching 3) the portability via
rollovers to an IRA
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.
Re: solo 401k: Does E-Trade allow for after - tax
contributions,
then potential immediate in - plan
rollover from the after - tax sub-account to the in - plan Roth 401k («Mega back - door Roth»); if so, is there a limit on # times / year?
Yes, a Roth 401 (k)
contribution would be the preferred method because
then when you
rollover the money from the Roth 401 (k) into your Roth IRA, you would also be eligible to
rollover the growth on your
contributions to the Roth 401 (k) account.
For example, if a $ 4,000
contribution was made and
then a $ 6000
rollover to place
then if $ 8000 was withdrawn
then $ 4,000 would be the initial
contribution and $ 4,000 would be part of the
rollover.