Questions tagged [ira]
In the United States, an IRA is an Individual Retirement Arrangement, a tax-deferred retirement account.
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Now that I'm 59 1/2, should I pay off my HELOC by withdrawing from my IRA?
Maybe someone here can help me figure this out.
I turned 59 1/2, and I have an IRA with about $500K. My wife has recently semi-retired and has started taking her social security, but I am still ...
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I accidentally recharacterized nondeductible IRA contribution to Roth
In 2018, I made a catch-up contribution($1000, nondeductible) to traditional IRA). Then by mistake, instead of Roth conversion, I accidentally requested "recharacterization to Roth" which I didn't ...
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Definition of “traditional IRA contributions”?
I hate to post a generic tax question on here but I've been unable to find the answer to this using other resources. When filing taxes, when I'm prompted to enter my "2018 contributions to traditional ...
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Am I still covered by my self-employed 401(k)?
A couple years ago I setup a self-employed 401(k) plan (solo 401(k)) to handle retirement contributions made from a side hustle that my spouse and I both participated in as a qualified joint venture. ...
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1099-R: Converting nondeductibe IRA to Roth
My wife opened a Traditional IRA in late 2017, and then funded it with $5,500 after-tax (nondeductible) dollars in January 2018. We made sure to tell Vanguard that the contribution was for 2017.
We ...
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1099-Misc Box 3 Other Income
I am retired and receive a small amount from a family trust for which I am a trustee.
When I was working I had more than enough earned income to make the maximun IRA and Spousal IRA contributions ...
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Effect of holding a publicly traded royalty trust in a traditional IRA?
Does anyone know what the effect of holding a publicly traded trust like Mesabi Trust (MSB) in a traditional IRA account? This is what I've found so far on the Mesabi website:
For income tax ...
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Why are the limits on 401k much higher than IRA?
I'm currently working in a contract position with no option to contribute to a 401k. For 2019, the contribution limit on a 401k is 19,000 vs 6000 on an IRA. Why is there such a big difference? I could ...
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Non Tax Deductible funds accidentally put into traditional IRA
This last calendar year (2018) I opened up a traditional IRA and contributed $5500. However I did not do all my homework and discovered, after the fact, that money is only tax deductible if I don't ...
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Roth IRA Nondeductible basis
I've been using TurboTax to file my taxes for the past decade or so. Since 2015, for income reasons, I have been making after tax (nondeductible) contributions to a Traditional IRA, and then ...
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Is a traditional or roth IRA preferable at my income level?
Before taxes, I make $16k a year, which is not much of an income. I've been told that people who have low incomes should get a Roth IRA since they won't make much money off of tax deductions, so I got ...
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Accidental trade in Roth IRA
I accidentally made a few trades totaling about $6,000 in my Roth IRA that I intended to make in my taxable account. I realized the mistake when I got a notice from from broker asking me to deposit ...
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Roth IRA Conversion vs Recharacterization
Despite trying to hit the nail on the head, I managed to put more into my Traditional IRA for 2018 than I will be able to deduct due to Traditional IRA phaseout limits.
The last thing I want is to ...
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What are the advantages of a tax deferred investment account?
So, I suspect I am missing something huge about this. But I notice there is a lot of talk about retirement accounts recently such as 401-Ks and IRAs. I understand these come in two flavors, ...
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Reduce LLC profits by putting towards spouse's IRA?
I have a full time job. I also own a LLC (sole proprietor). I have some profits from my LLC this year. My spouse and I file jointly. My spouse is not currently employed.
Can I move the profits from ...
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Rollover from a Traditional IRA to ROTH IRA
I have a few thousands of dollars contributed to a Traditional IRA over 2016, 2017 and 2018. These contributions are post-taxed dollars and I have not deducted them from the IRA contributions (Since ...
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I have a traditional IRA. Can I rollover my 401k into that account or do I need to make a new rollover-traditional-ira?
Basically that. I have a traditional IRA and have been contributing 5500 a year. I need to rollover a couple 401ks from previous jobs, can I move them to the same account? Or do I need to open a ...
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Withdraw IRA Funds after Divorce
So I know that in most cases, withdrawing cash from a retirement fund is never a good idea. However in my case, my ex husband left me with a decent divorce settlement but over 25K in credit card debt. ...
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Rolling over Traditional IRA and timing
I have a 401k at work. I also have a Traditional IRA.
Both have losses. However, the 401k at work has much fees and expenses. Also it has larger pool of funds to choose from.
I want to consolidate ...
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IRA Annuity when 1 of the 3 Beneficiary's owes estate
Mom died listing her 3 kids as beneficiaries on a 401k/IRA Annuity. One of the beneficiaries owes her $20k and she wanted it deducted from his share of any money in the estate.
Since she listed the ...
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Best Roth IRA stock brokerage account? [closed]
I'm planning on mainly trading stocks and a few mutual funds in my Roth IRA. I hate paying commission on trades, but I also realize the brokerage has to be reputable/reliable before I invest in it.
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Roth IRA issues
I opened up a Roth IRA in June of 2018. I was originally paid $6,000 as a contractor (with a 1099). I put $5,500 into the Roth IRA. I then thought that I wouldn't be able to use a Roth IRA with a 1099,...
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Can You Receive Both a Simple IRA and SEP IRA?
I am the employee of two companies. At one company, I receive a SEP IRA. I know that SEP IRAs are not included in the standard annual elective deferral limit. At the second company, I have the ...
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If your 401(k) doesn't match contributions, should you max out your IRA contributions before contributing to it?
I've seen described three main advantages of 401(k)'s over IRAs:
Employers often match 401(k) contributions.
If your employer offers a 401(k), then the deductability of contributions to a traditional ...
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IRA rolled over mistakenly to 401k
In a previous tax year I rolled over some money from a former employer's traditional IRA (TD Ameritrade) to a non-Roth 401k plan (Milliman). I didn't report this on my federal tax return at all ...
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How can I roll-over a 401(k) to a different person?
I have a friend who wants to roll-over their 401(k) after recently leaving their employer to an IRA or 529 plan for her grandkids (in their name, or their parents' name) instead of into an IRA in her ...
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Traditional IRA in addtition to other employer provided retirement plans
I have a 401(a) and contribute to a 403(b)(aka in private sector as 401k) at max rate. I read at educational tax site that one can contribute to both 403(b) and Traditional IRA as the contribution ...
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Rollover IRA contributions
I currently have 2 retirement accounts with Vanguard:
401K
Rollover IRA
I contribute to both.
I and my employer contribute to 401K before taxes.
I have been contributing from my paycheck (After ...
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Contributing to IRA with high income
If your AGI puts you in the in the "partial deduction" or "no deduction" category for IRA contributions, can you still contribute up to $5,500 (2018) without penalty? Is it still advantageous to do ...
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Can I contribute deductible money to a traditional IRA if I left my job before maxing out my 401(k) for the year?
I've read these answers:
Can I deduct a contribution to an IRA if I also contribute to a 401(k) in the same tax year?
401K participant for part of year - Can I contribute to an IRA?
Can I contribute ...
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How does one annually convert each previous year's Traditional IRA contributions to Roth IRA? [duplicate]
My income is too high to contribute to a Roth IRA, so my only choice is a Traditional IRA.
Is there some way I can in 2019 convert my 2018 Traditional IRA contributions into a Roth IRA? And then do ...
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Clarification on contributing IRA [duplicate]
In an assumption, If i exceeded my 401K contribution limit. Can i start contributing to IRA Account? Will that be helpful by combining 401K and IRA for the year end Tax deduction?
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Best IRA investment strategy
Two questions here:
What is the best investment strategy for low risk income-oriented investor?
What is an acceptable fee for IRA money management?
I have a 401k account I am looking to roll over ...
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I have $3500 in Rollover IRA. Should I withdraw it early and pay off my credit card debt?
I have been investing a healthy amount in my current 401k with no plan to withdraw it early. I have $3,500 in a rollover IRA which has been sitting in there for about 4 years and I have done nothing ...
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What is the difference between IRA account to buy ETF and using a taxable brokerage acct to buy ETF?
if I use IRA to buy ETF, then my money cannot be used for many year. If I use a taxable brokerage account, I can get cash today.
However, why do so many people like IRA?
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Can I place a stock in an IRA temporarily to capture a dividend, then move it back?
Consider the following scenario:
Stock A pays a large annual, non-qualified dividend. Stock B pays a monthly non-qualified dividend. I hold stock A in a taxable account and an equivalent $ amount of ...
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How can someone profit from a horse as an investment?
A recent Forbes article states that you can invest in horses and livestock in an IRA.
you can also invest in the following:
- real estate
- farm land
- horses and livestock
- water ...
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What's the rationale behind the IRA One-Rollover-Per-Year Rule?
What's the rationale behind the IRA One-Rollover-Per-Year Rule (mirror) in the United States, which was introduced in 2015?
I cannot think of any reason to limit the number of IRA rollovers to a ...
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Is there any upside in electing to have federal taxes withheld during a traditional IRA to Roth IRA conversion?
When converting a traditional IRA to a Roth IRA at Fidelity, one is given the choice to either:
elect not to have federal taxes withheld and continue my conversion online.
elect to have federal taxes ...
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Can combined contributions to tax advantaged accounts exceed gross income?
If I am eligible to contribute to several IRS-recognized tax advantaged accounts that have separate limits (HSA, 401K, 457, IRA, etc) can I fund the contributions with prior savings when my gross ...
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Borrowing money from 401k to put into another vehicle
About 15-20 years ago (so late 90s-ish), I had some extra money (a few thousand US dollars) that I was considering putting into a short term investment to at least keep pace with inflation. Something ...
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2017 IRA Contribution Mischaracterized as Roth
In April, I mistakenly deposited my wife's 2017 IRA contribution to her Roth IRA, rather than to her Traditional IRA. This happened as follows: I called my broker and told his associate that I wanted ...
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What to do with my previous jobs' 401ks? Advice for someone in his 20's [duplicate]
I'm 26 and became self-employed. I have been wondering what to do with my previous 401ks. Any help is appreciated.
Currently I have:
-$3.5k in a 401k (Ubiquity) from the company I just stopped ...
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Received Excess Distribution from IRA how to reflect in Taxes
How to reflect excess distribution I received from regular IRA account (brokerage).
I rolled over 30K from one IRA to brokerage IRA (within same bank)
I contributed $5500 to brokerage IRA (late March ...
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Does basis remain in Traditional IRA after a complete conversion?
If you convert your entire Traditional IRA to Roth IRA, but the amount you convert (the value of the Traditional IRA at the time you convert) is less than the basis (after-tax amount) in the ...
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10k first time homeowners IRA distribution for home improvement
I bought a house 6 months ago. I've run out of money and I still have lots to fix, windows, backsplash, paint, etc.
From what I've read I believe I can take the first time home buyers $10,000 ...
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USA - Why can't I write off my IRA contribution for 2017?
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Last year I made 60k from earned income and 25k from moving an investment - I was forced to realize the gain even though I reinvested into a managed portfolio. All in all I'm taxed at 85k.
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Backdoor Roth Conversions with 401K Rollovers
In a related question to this one, I currently participate in backdoor Roth conversions (i.e., I contribute $5,500 annually to a Traditional IRA, then convert it to my Roth IRA prior to investing it ...
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Is it advisable to rollover multiple 401k accounts? [duplicate]
I left my fulltime job mid 2017. I am not earning since then (no pay roll being generated). Since many years I have changed many jobs. Each job had a 401k plan which I maxed out every year. So I have ...
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Circular dependency involving IRA deduction
I am not able to resolve the following circular dependency. In order to get Adjusted Gross Income (AGI) one needs to subtract an "IRA Deduction" from Gross Income. Modified AGI must then be computed ...
