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Jan 6, 2025

Understanding IRAs: A Guide to Traditional and Roth Individual Retirement Arrangements

Understanding IRAs: A Guide to Traditional and Roth Individual Retirement Arrangements
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An Individual Retirement Arrangement (IRA) is a tax-favored savings plan for retirement, available in types like traditional IRAs and Roth IRAs, and can be set up with banks or financial institutions.

Traditional IRAs:

  • Contributions may be tax-deductible and eligible for a tax credit.
  • Earnings are generally taxed upon distribution.
  • Contributions require taxable compensation and are not age-limited.
  • Only one IRA-to-IRA rollover allowed per year.

Distributions:

  • Taxable in the year received.
  • Early distributions (before age 59½) incur a 10% additional tax.
  • Required minimum distributions start by age 73.

Roth IRAs:

  • Contributions are not tax-deductible, but qualified distributions are tax-free.
  • Designated as Roth IRA upon setup.

For detailed information, refer to IRS Publication 590-A and 590-B.

Read the full article here: https://www.irs.gov/taxtopics/tc451

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