Roth IRA vs. Traditional IRA: Taxes The difference between a traditional IRA and a Roth IRA comes down to taxes. With a Roth IRA, you contribute funds on which you’ve already paid income taxes, ...

Form 5498 documents individual retirement account (IRA) contributions, rollovers and distributions. You don’t need to fill it out or send it to the IRS — just keep it for your records. Many, or all, ...

A backdoor Roth IRA is a strategy that allows high-income earners to bypass the ordinary income limits on Roth contributions and get money into a Roth IRA account. The strategy is called a “backdoor” ...

Roth IRAs allow your savings to grow tax free and allow tax free withdrawals in retirement. Your income determines whether you can contribute and how much you can add. The IRS sets annual income ...

This article, the second of a three-part series on how to implement an effective backdoor Roth strategy, was written by guest contributors Steven Jarvis, CPA, MBA, and Matthew Jarvis, CFP. Continuing ...

Most people I talk to haven’t been educated on the difference between Roth IRA vs Taxable Account vs IRA. This is especially true with taxable accounts. Many investors are only familiar with the “tax ...

Investing in a Roth IRA can be a smart way to save for retirement, but enjoying the tax benefits of a Roth generally takes some patience. That’s because you fund these accounts with after-tax ...

IRS Form 5498 is one of the most overlooked but critically important IRA forms. While Form 1099-R usually gets attention during tax time for reporting distributions, Form 5498 plays a ...

At some point, your client may want to do a Roth conversion: move some or all their money from a traditional 401(k) to a Roth 401(k) plan, or a traditional IRA to a Roth IRA. Roth conversions have tax ...

Some high-income earners have the problem of not being able to contribute to their Roth accounts since their incomes exceed the threshold set by the IRS. Fortunately, there is a way to bypass this ...