Roth IRA Eligibility To be eligible for a Roth IRA you need to have earned income. This is typically from wages earned as an employee. Earnings from self-employment also qualify. The annual contribution is the lesser of your earned…
Roth IRA Eligibility To be eligible for a Roth IRA you need to have earned income. This is typically from wages earned as an employee. Earnings from self-employment also qualify. The annual contribution is the lesser of your earned…
Under current federal estate tax law there is an exclusion up to $5.12 million in 2012. Taxable estates above this amount are taxed at 35%. This exclusion is scheduled to decrease to $1 million beginning in 2013. The tax rate…
What’s the Benefit of a Roth IRA? The benefit of having a Roth IRA is that if the account is open for at least 5 years and the account owner is at least 59 1/2, then all of the…
1) The Roth 401(k) Plan Has a Higher Contribution Limit that a Roth IRA Taxpayers can contribute up to $5,000 per year into a Roth IRA. Taxpayers over age 50 can contribute an additional ‘catch-up’ contribution of $1,000 for…
1) Tax – Free Distributions If the Roth IRA account is open for at least 5 years and the taxpayers is over age 59 1/2, then all of the distributions from the Roth IRA are tax-free. 2) Take Your…