Questions tagged [roth-ira]
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Should a Canadian working in the USA, invest in a 401k, Roth IRA, Traditional IRA, and/or RRSP?
I have a cousin who is a Canadian citizen working in the USA, asking me about the Canadian RRSP. However being an American I am more familiar with 401k, Roth IRA, and Traditional IRA.
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Rollover different from distribution
Can your rollover deposit be different than what you took out?
To keep the numbers simple, say I withdrew $25k from a Roth IRA and then at the end of the 60 days deposited back into the account $20k....
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IRA Rollover Past 60 Days Because of Bank Mistake
I took out a 60 day rollover for a Roth IRA.
About 50 days in I went into the bank and asked them to deposit the money back into the account.
The bank ended up depositing the funds into the wrong ...
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Investing in a Roth IRA with a Personal Loan?
Okay this might be a dumb question but here it goes.
Does it at all make sense to invest in a Roth IRA contributing the max by taking out a loan? So say I take out a $6k loan at the beginning of the ...
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Method of Earning Calculation For Early Roth IRA Withdrawal
I have a question on how the IRS would calculate earnings on an early Roth IRA withdrawal.
Assume Taxpayer is under 59 and doesn't meet any specific exceptions to cash out early.
Taxpayer ...
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Why do 401k up to company match, then fill Roth IRA, then finish filling 401k?
Places like NerdWallet and the FI/RE community on Reddit suggest contributing to a 401k up to the company match (if one is offered), then maxing out a Roth IRA, and then going back and continuing to ...
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What is a roll-over to a Roth account?
I don't qualify for contributing directly to Roth accounts. I keep hearing about roll-overs but I don't understand how roll-overs interact with my current accounts.
Do I pay taxes on my money (or ...
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Can I contribute to my IRA from 2018 still?
I put in my tax filing for 2018 that I had contributed $5500 to a Roth IRA, but due to technical difficulties with my investment account I didn't get around to funding it until now, but it looks like ...
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Can an IRA contribution be made on the same date of the tax deadline and still count for that tax submission?
The deadline for taxes and IRA contributions for FY2018 in USA is April 15, 2019. If I haven't made a contribution yet for FY2018, can I go to a bank on Monday, April 15, 2019 and make a contribution ...
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Roth counting toward 401k maximum
Vanguard is showing me that my Roth contributions are counting toward the $19,000 401k maximum. I thought Roth counted towards a separate $6000 maximum.
Is my Roth not an IRA?
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U.S. Amending Tax - Should a 1040x be made if I forgot to include 1099-r but there is no difference in taxable income?
I was notified last year when I went to the tax office that I didn't include a 1099-r early distribution.
This is the distribution in question:
I am confused because the TurboTax UI shows my ...
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How can you leverage the benefits of an older spouse's retirement account?
Can a marriage with a large age gap and a young high-earning spouse benefit from, for example, a Roth IRA?
Let's say Jack and Jill are married. Jill is 50 and makes $25,000/year while Jack is 25 and ...
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Broker Didn't Invest the Roth Contribution in the Tax Year They Said They Did - Now We are Behind. What can we do?
The short story is:
In the spring of 2016, we gave our broker a check to max out our Roth IRA contributions for the tax year of 2015 (check was written and cashed by the broker before April 15 in ...
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Selling ETFs in Roth IRA fund, in exchange to buy Bonds tax implications
I would like to sell ETFs in my Roth IRA fund, in exchange to buy Bonds.
What are the tax implications of this?
Even if the money is still held in the Roth IRA fund, would I get taxed?
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Taxes on Dividends in a Roth IRA
Do I have to pay taxes on dividends that I receive from stocks in my Roth IRA? I'm aware that I won't pay taxes on my money if I take it out after age 59.5 or if I take out less than or equal to the ...
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Do scholarships and PhD stipends count as taxable compensation for Roth IRA limits?
The maximum amount you are allowed to contribute to a Roth IRA in a given year is either a certain dollar amount or your “taxable compensation”, whichever is lower. Now I am a PhD student who gets ...
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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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Will Receive K-1 from Trust: Roth IRA
I apologize if this question is not warrant asking. Though I was wondering if taxable income earned by the trust distributed on the K-1 form would qualify me as the trustee to contribute to a Roth IRA....
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How to properly compare pension vs Roth IRA?
I am trying to compare the benefits of a federal pensions system FERS vs simply investing the money myself with a Roth IRA. I'm assuming that I work in a federal job for several years, but retire ...
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Why is it a good idea to invest only in a Roth IRA or a no-load mutual fund invested in an indexed fund of the Dow or S&P 500?
Basing this question on this answer from a popular Quora writer:
This is just a matter of simple math.
Saving accounts earn less than 1% per year.
CDs usually pay less than 2.75% per year....
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Excess Roth IRA Contribution - How to Capture Earned Interest No 1099 r?
I contributed over the limit to my Roth IRA in 2018. I realized this and have withdrawn the excess contribution plus earnings in 2019, and have not yet filed my 2018 tax return. My Financial advisor ...
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Roth 403b vs Roth IRA
Currently my employer offers a Roth 403b plan that I have been contributing to. I wanted to know if it makes more sense for me to contribute to the Roth IRA first rather then the Roth 403b? I ...
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Death benefit into IRA or cash for mortgage
I am the beneficiary of what was left in my mom's state pension fund. I don't know how much it is, but the state estimates most people run through their pension funds (when they chose that option) in ...
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What are the limits for 401k and Roth IRA contributions and if I can catch up for the years missed?
I know the basic difference between a 401k and a Roth IRA that one is pre-tax and another is post-tax. I've also learned that I can contribute towards both a 401k and Roth IRA. I would like to know if ...
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I'm over the MAGI limit for 2018 for the Roth IRA I already contributed to. Now what?
At the beginning of last year, I contributed the maximum amount to my Roth IRA, as I typically do. Late in the year, I received a very unexpected and very large bonus. I realized when I got my 1040 ...
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Limit on Maximum amount to open a Roth IRA
Is there a limit on what is the maximum amount that I can use to start a Roth IRA? What I mean is if I have $100,000 (taxed), can I open a Roth IRA with this amount and then continue with the annual ...
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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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Maximum Roth IRA Contribution in 2019
What is the maximum contribution for a Roth IRA in 2019? I believe it was $5500 in 2018 and curious if it had been increased.
Thanks
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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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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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Contributing to Roth IRA at beginning of year
I plan to contribute the maximum $6000 to my Roth IRA for 2019 in the next month. However, there is a good possibility I will make over $122,000 dollars with overtime and therefore will be ...
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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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Vanguard Total Stock Market vs Vanguard STAR for retirment
I'm about 17 and my vanguard roth ira is now ready for an investment. I was wondering which of the above two funds would be suited as a retirement fund, or if there is any significant difference at ...
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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 put an I-bond in a roth IRA?
I was wondering if I could do this, it just seems to make so much sense. You will be earning interest on your I-bond and you won't have to pay taxes until you take out your money during retirement.
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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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Can I contribute money to a Roth IRA in this non resident alien situation?
Here I have an interesting situation. I am a former American citizen, expatriated (non-covered). I still have my Roth IRA account. I earn money working for a UK company with a US parent, listed on the ...
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How are my 401(k) withdrawals taxed if I also withdraw from a Roth IRA?
Let’s say it’s time to retire and I have a $2,000,000 retirement fund. $1,000,000 was accumulated in a Roth IRA and the other $1,000,000 was accumulated in a traditional pre-tax 401(k).
Let’s say I ...
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Cash out Roth IRA or not?
I am 28 years old and in nursing school full time. I will graduate in May with my RN. I have about $10,000 in credit card debt costing about 20% interest and I am only able to make the minimum ...
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Cost/benefit of maxing out 401k using mega backdoor
Forgive me if I get the details wrong and if this needs to be split up into multiple posts, but I'm very new to all of this. I'm 22, have ~60k non-emergency money saved up, and got a new job with ~...
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Withdrawal from Roth IRA?
I am thinking of withdrawing all of my money from my Roth IRA as of now. I currently only have a balance of $2536 and have only $283 in investment returns. I know, how there will be some taxes ...
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Can you immediately withdraw contributions to a mega backdoor Roth IRA without penalty?
My company allows us to do in-service conversions such that we can use mega backdoor Roth.
If I convert my after tax contribution upon every paycheck into a Roth IRA (so this is pure after tax ...
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Exchange Roth IRA mutual fund to Roth brokerage account
Will I incur taxes for exchanging funds in a Roth IRA mutual fund (Vanguard) for a Roth IRA brokerage account?
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Merge Roth IRA + Roth 401k
I have a Vanguard Roth IRA that I opened just after graduating with my undergrad. I contributed to it for five years before landing a job at a large multinational. I stopped contributing to the Roth ...
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S&P 500 VFAIX (Mutual Fund) vs VOO (ETF)?
I currently have just under $10,000 in a Vanguard Roth IRA brokerage account. So far I have purchased VOO ETFs since they have a lower expense ratio than VFINX. My next contribution will put me over $...
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Is there any upside in electing to have federal taxes withheld during a traditional IRA to Roth IRA conversion?
When converting a traditional IRA to a Roth IRA at Fidelity, one is given the choice to either:
elect not to have federal taxes withheld and continue my conversion online.
elect to have federal taxes ...
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Should I Contribute to my roth 403b or roth IRA?
I currently have a Roth IRA Account I started a few years back when I was in college. Only have like 1300$ in it now. I started a full-time job now and I have a 403b plan. The thing is, I will not be ...
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Moving my Roth IRA to a different Roth IRA custodian
I currently am funding a 403b but it is Roth Basic from my employer. I also have a Roth IRA from Vanguard that only has 1300$. Does the Roth that I put into the 403b count towards that 5500$? And or, ...
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I'm 18 and have 6 grand. What should I do with it?
I'm 18 and about to go to college. Luckily, I don't have to worry about student loans or most other living expenses. I've been working and have over $6,000 (will probably be about $7,000 by the end of ...
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Contributed to my Roth IRA when I wasn't eligible to
I put $5,500 in my Roth, and learned that I'm not eligible to (I make too much money). What's going to happen to me, come the time of reckoning (tax time), and what can I do about this before then?
