Tax planning for Roth IRAs

Tax year 1998 was the first year a Roth IRA could be established. Approximately $21 billion poured into mutual funds via Roth IRAs at that time. However, taxpayers have made numerous errors with their Roth IRA investments. Effective January 1, 2000, recharacterization rules have changed for an IRA o...

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Veröffentlicht in:The Tax Adviser 2000-05, Vol.31 (5), p.290
Hauptverfasser: Bauman, Christine Czekai, Koehn, Jo Lynne
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Sprache:eng
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Zusammenfassung:Tax year 1998 was the first year a Roth IRA could be established. Approximately $21 billion poured into mutual funds via Roth IRAs at that time. However, taxpayers have made numerous errors with their Roth IRA investments. Effective January 1, 2000, recharacterization rules have changed for an IRA owner who converts a traditional IRA to a Roth IRA during any tax year and then transfers that amount back to a traditional IRA.
ISSN:0039-9957