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.
If you funded your IRA
with nondeductible contributions, then you will owe taxes on the earnings only.
First, it could mean a smaller tax bill if you have an IRA
with nondeductible contributions that you plan to convert to a Roth IRA.
Not exact matches
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.
Before 2010, the IRS lumped pumps in
with other
nondeductible «feeding devices» like blenders and dishware.
A more limited form of rate shifting is available
with a regular,
nondeductible 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.
The need to save for a secure tomorrow, combined
with the power of tax - deferred earnings, makes
nondeductible IRA contributions a promising alternative for individuals no longer eligible for deductible IRA contributions.
Because the aggregation rule makes the taxable distribution the same no matter which account you convert, you can't reduce the taxable distribution amount by converting an IRA
with a larger proportion of
nondeductible contributions.
It's called Form 8606, a tax document that must be completed and filed
with your income tax return to report both
nondeductible traditional IRA contributions and withdrawals whenever they occur.
Example: You have a traditional IRA
with a balance of $ 10,000, which includes $ 6,000 of
nondeductible contributions.
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.
With a Roth IRA, contributions are
nondeductible and taxed in the year they are earned.
That might leave you
with just a single IRA, containing
nondeductible contributions.
You might have a traditional IRA
with basis from
nondeductible contributions or rollovers.
With 2010 just around the corner, the
nondeductible IRA has become a very popular tool to allow high wage earners a way into the Roth IRA - a «backdoor» way.
A high wage earner can contribute to a
nondeductible IRA
with the sole intentions of converting it in 2010.
But here you're conflating a Roth Conversion of a deductible IRA
with a Backdoor Roth Conversion of
nondeductible IRA money and the two are very different things.
But if the tax return has other audit red flags, and an examiner was to see these
nondeductible expenses, they are likely to go forward
with an audit.
But these expenses may be disallowed as a
nondeductible personal expense if they are connected to regular meetings
with the same people.