Questions tagged [roth-ira]
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What can we do when we are stuck in a conservative 401(k)?
Right now, I am working as a software contractor and my agency allows 401(k), but only in conservative investments, such as Vanguard Target Retirement 2030, 2035, or S&P 500 index fund, or at most ...
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Recharacterized 2 years of Roth IRA Contributions - how much to invest through Backdoor?
I have mistakenly been contributing to a Roth IRA for 2020 and 2021 while my adjusted gross income (AGI) exceeded the 120k limit.
Therefore, I called Vanguard to recharacterize my contributions to my ...
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Can I open a Roth IRA AND get to choose what companies my money is getting invested into?
In my experience with investing in IRAs, it seems like you just tell the people that you want to retire in (insert number of years), tell them how risky you're willing to be with your money and then ...
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Automated/Least Painful Backdoor Roth IRA + Nuanced Questions
As quick background, I'm an expat that has been living abroad for the past 8+ years, and have been and continue to be ineligible to contribute to an old Roth 401k that I still possess with my previous ...
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Can I pay my baby an income to max out a custodial Roth IRA without paying/filing taxes for him?
I made a huge income jump from a career move right after having a baby. I do not want to do any lifestyle creeping and would rather put this money to work with compound interest. I'll already be ...
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Can I contribute to my Roth IRA in December and then again in January?
I haven't started my Roth IRA yet, have been procrastinating.
So hypothetical question, say I get around to doing it in December, can I make the maximum contribution all at once in that month, and ...
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Company with high match for 401K vs IRA, which to choose?
I am fortunate to be at a company with a pretty high 401K match, 50% with no cap.
Normally when I've saved in the past, I've done the 401K up to the amount matched, and then chose other savings ...
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A Complicated Question regarding Roth IRA and backdoor
So here is the scenario.
I have 600K in 401K Rollover Traditional IRA (Pre-Tax)
I have 30K in Roth IRA
I want to contribute to Roth IRA but my income is too high. If I take part of money every year ($...
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Can rolling over a Defined Contribution Plan to a Roth IRA make investment earnings tax-free while avoiding Roth contribution limits?
My employer offers a Defined Contribution Plan (DCP) where I can contribute after-tax earnings. Investment earnings grow tax-deferred. There is an option to roll over DCP (after-tax) contributions to ...
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Converting Portion of 401K Rollover Traditional IRA to Roth IRA
I have a 401K (Pre Tax) plan rollover to a personal Traditional IRA. I also have a Roth IRA account. Currently, I do not contribute to the 401K plan, since it was from a previous employer. I do ...
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Best Time for Back Door Roth IRA Contributions
I want to contribute to Roth IRA but due to income limits I cannot. I am already have a Traditional IRA account with funds in it. I can move certain amount to ROTH IRA as a backdoor contribution. My ...
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Can you fund your Traditional IRA after rolling it over to Roth IRA?
The Traditional IRA has a $6,000 limit per year. If I
Step1: Transfer 6k to Traditional IRA
Step2: Roll over entire 6k to Roth IRA
Can I transfer additional 6k to Traditional IRA because Traditional ...
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Roth IRA and pre-IPO shares
With the recent news that a billionaire managed to get several billion dollars in a Roth IRA by funding it from pre-IPO shares of his company, I'm curious about how this works. Ignore for the moment ...
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Does the amount converted over from traditional to roth-ira count towards the contribution limits for that year?
IRS has contribution limit of $6000 ($7000 for 50+ individuals) for any given year for contribution to IRA account. Say in a given year, a person decides to convert $3000 from his/her traditional IRA ...
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How much of my 401(k) should I roll over to a Roth IRA to pay the least taxes?
I am 61 yrs old want and I want to start rolling over my 401K to a Roth-IRA account. How can I figure out how much money I should roll over in order to pay the least taxes? Through a google search, I ...
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Is partial amount allowed to be converted/rolled over from traditional to roth-IRA?
Say a person has $50,000 in his/her traditional IRA account. Now due to
Now he wants to transfer part of it say $10,000 into a roth-IRA account. Is such a partial roll over to roth-IRA possible?
Also ...
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Will a traditional IRA account's capital gains incur annual taxes, if a person's income is above the limit for tax deductible IRA contributions?
Say a person's income is above the limit of making a tax deductible contribution to a traditional IRA account. If he/she still decides to make a contribution of say $6000 per year to a traditional IRA ...
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Are there any penalties or tax consequences if an person decides to take money out of a Roth IRA account prematurely?
Say a person has a Roth IRA account. Now the money in the Roth IRA account is already post-tax contributions. However, say the person has made a significant capital gains on their Roth IRA investments....
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Are there annual salary limits to be eligible to contribute to a ROTH IRA account in US?
I am planning to contribute to a ROTH IRA to have a better control on my tax free trading. However I need to know as a single person, if there are certain salary limits to be eligible to make ...
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Contributing to Roth IRA using previous tax year earnings
I am currently a student and I maxed out my Roth IRA contribution for 2020, but I still have “left-over” income saved. Given that I have not yet earned any taxable income for 2021, can I use these ...
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What tax forms have to filed when doing a rollover from After-tax 401(k) to Roth IRA?
What tax forms have to filed when doing a rollover from After-tax 401(k) to Roth IRA? Examples appreciated.
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Possible to do rollover from a solo Roth 401(k) to Roth IRA?
I'm self-employed and thinking of opening an individual Roth 401(k) account with TD Ameritrade. I would max out the employee contribution immediately and not bother with the employer match (since the ...
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What are the rules regarding early withdrawal of contributions from a Roth IRA after a rollover from a solo Roth 401(k)?
Plan
Open a solo Roth 401(k) (I'm self-employed) and contribute roughly $50,000 during the first year
Wait some amount of time, if necessary?
Rollover the Roth 401(k) into my existing Roth IRA
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How to move non-deductible traditional IRA contributions to Roth IRA?
I made 3 non-deductible contributions to my traditional IRA account in 2019, 2020, and 2021. Instead, I should have contributed the money to Roth IRA. What would be the best way to fix this?
Here is a ...
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Are there IRS limits for 401k to Roth IRA rollovers?
I am 61 years old and I have two 401k plans from former employers. I want to roll over these 401k plans into a single Roth IRA account over a period of time in several intervals. I would like to know ...
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If I don't plan to sell the stock until age 60 or 65 in USA, is it exactly the same in a regular account vs an IRA or 401k account?
With the limitations of how much money we can put in IRA, Roth IRA, or 401(k) account, I just thought, what if we plan to buy the stock and know we won't sell it until age 60 or 65, when our income ...
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401k or Roth IRA for non treaty countries
This might be a bit complicated, so pretty please bear with me a little.
I am currently living in USA on a E2 visa.
My employer offers both 401k and Roth IRA.
I do not plan to neither retire nor ...
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How do you show that "you did not live with your spouse at any time during the year"?
My wife and I will be filing separate tax returns this year. Since I made more than $10,000 modified AGI during 2020, this would normally mean I am ineligible to contribute to a Roth IRA. However, due ...
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Roth IRA Conversion and taking money out
A person who is over 59.5 years of age has an traditional IRA worth 1 million dollars and no Roth IRAs.
On Monday, he converts the traditional IRA to a Roth IRA. On Tuesday, due to an unexpected ...
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Is it more difficult to cash in an IRA with multiple funds?
If my Roth IRA has contributions to multiple different funds will it be any more difficult to get the money out when it's time to retire? Would I just sell each of the funds and close the account or ...
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2020 Backdoor Roth IRA Conversion in 2021 - Concern/Questions
In 2019, I did a backdoor Roth IRA conversion that went off without any problems (put $6000 into traditional IRA, converted to Roth IRA). In 2020, I was looking to do the same, but I hit a snag.
I ...
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Pros and cons of using a Roth IRA to fund home improvements
I have a Roth IRA with a balance of something like $150k. Say around $100k of that is contributions. Due to my income, I am ineligible to contribute to the Roth IRA, but I do maximize contributions to ...
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IRA contributions income limit [duplicate]
I never calculated my MAGI, but I don't have any student loans, educational expenses or anything like that for that matter. I just claim standard deduction every year.
My net income this year is going ...
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Consolidate Rollover IRA into my Roth IRA
I have a Rollover IRA from 2016 and I want to move that money into my Roth IRA account.
Can I just sell and transfer that money to the Roth IRA with no penalties (no taxes)?
Also, that wouldn't count ...
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How should I split my contributions to Roth IRA and Roth 401k?
I am in my early 20s and currently contribute ~18% of my income to my retirement accounts, 7% to company sponsored Roth 401(k) (Popular Investment Company) and 11% into my Roth IRA (A "Big 3"...
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Can IRS construe a Roth conversion to be a wash sale?
Should I do Roth IRA conversions after a market crash?
I have too much money in my traditional IRA and not enough money in my Roth IRA. Both accounts use VTSAX. I have no intention of touching it any ...
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Can a married person open a personal Roth IRA? If yes then is contribution limit based on last year?
A married person MAGI $170,000 year 2020 income. Spouse doesn’t work $0 income. Can this person open a personal Roth IRA? Or does this Roth IRA have to be owned jointly?
Also, is Roth IRA contribution ...
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Is a Roth IRA good for a high schooler?
I am a high-school Senior who will not earn enough income working this summer to have to pay income taxes. I have a full ride to college, so I was thinking of using my earnings/savings for retirement. ...
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Is a backdoor ROTH IRA contribution still worth it if I have pre-tax IRAs that I can't rollover to a 401k yet?
Starting this year, I can no longer contribute to my ROTH IRA. I have three other IRAs:
A rollover IRA (pre-tax), opened in 2020 when I rolled over an old 401k.
A SIMPLE IRA (pre-tax), opened in 2020 ...
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Recharacterization due to Roth IRA overcontribution
In early 2020, I contributed $6000 to my Roth IRA. At the time, my salary was lower, so I didn't think my 2020 AGI would go above 125k.
Then I got a new job in mid-2020, which came with a big raise. ...
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Is "Conversion" a technical term in a Backdoor ROTH Conversion?
I'm doing a backdoor ROTH for the first time with Fidelity. My understanding is the process is simple:
Create or have a Traditional IRA
Create or have a ROTH IRA
Put post-tax money into Traditional ...
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Why will I be receiving a 1099-R in January of 2022, for income that is supposed to be reported for tax year 2020?
I overcontributed to my Roth IRA by $2,000 in 2020. I realized this when working on my 2020 taxes this year, so withdrew the excess contribution and respective earnings of $277.50. Now I received a ...
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Roth IRA on Fidelity received a IRS Form 990-T. What is this for?
A family member has a Roth IRA and she just received an IRS Form 990-T from Fidelity. She was mainly trading with her Roth IRA, which was suppose to be tax free until retirement age.
Does she need to ...
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Are you taxed on money withdrawn from a Roth IRA to pay for alimony?
A QDRO allows a non-penalized distribution from a Roth IRA due to a divorce but what if money is taken out and used for alimony that is not specified in the QDRO? Form 8606 Part III, Line 19 is where ...
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IRA to IRA Roth "Recharacterization" vs "Conversion", is there a difference in result?
Let's assume this simplified case:
At the beginning of 2020, there is no money in my IRA. I contribute the maximum amount allowed (for me 7k$, because I'm old) from after-tax money, and next day ...
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I cannot do Traditional IRA. But I can contribute to Roth IRA. Can I do the non deductible IRA at the same time?
I am not eligible for Traditional IRA this year (2020). But I am still under the limits for Roth IRA. I will contribute to Roth IRA in full. I heard that there is a Non-deductible IRA. Can I do the ...
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Why is it better to put taxable bonds in tax-exempt accounts?
Resources like this one suggest putting taxable bonds in tax-exempt accounts and equity index funds in taxable accounts. But the expected return of taxable bonds is much lower than that of equity ...
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Is it forbidden to have more than one Roth account?
Is there any conflict or any rule against having a Roth IRA and a 401k with Roth contributions?
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Rollover IRA and Roth IRA Contribution Limit?
I have a 401k from a prior employer that I quit from a couple of years ago.
As I cannot invest in it any longer I have decided to move it into a "Rollover IRA".
I already have a Roth IRA. ...
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Is my understanding of the different types of IRAs correct?
I have been getting a bit confused by the variety of IRA accounts available to me and want to check that my understanding of each is correct, in a general sense (ignore complexities like 5 year rules, ...
