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ROTH IRA and Traditional IRA may differ in many ways. Few examples of their differences are: Roth IRA has no tax break for contributions; tax free earnings and withdrawal in retirement. While the Traditional IRA has tax deduction during contribution year; an ordinary income tax owned on withdrawals.
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What is the difference between Traditional versus Roth IRA?
The tax breaks for a "Traditional" IRA are tax-deductible where as the tax breaks in a "Roth" IRA are never tax-deductible. For more detailed information, speak to a financial adviser.
What is the difference between a Roth Ira and just an IRA?
Roth IRAs are similar to regular IRAs except for the fact that they allow you to forgoe a tax deduction. In order to qualify for a Roth IRA you must have documented form of compensation.
What is the difference between Roth IRA and traditional IRA?
The main difference is the tax structure. With a traditional IRA you pay taxes on the money when you decide to cash it out and it is usually a very large amount. With the Roth IRA, you avoid the taxes when you take the money out. Roth IRA's have income restrictions also.
If you inherit a roth IRA and a regular IRA - are they taxable?
Distributions from a traditional ("regular") IRA are taxable unless part of the distribution comes from a non-deductible contribution or a rollover of after-tax money. So you will pay tax when you take money out of the IRA, unless you can establish that the deceased person had after-tax money in the IRA. You may want to approach the executor of the estate to see if the tax records of the deceased reflect any after-tax (non-deductible) contributions. If you are concerned with what happens to your own IRA after you die, consider making your tax records available so that your beneficiary can easily find them. Distributions from an inherited Roth IRA are not taxable if the Roth IRA has been in existence for at least 5 years at the time the distribution is taken. If the IRA has not been in existence for 5 years, only distributions of the earnings are taxable. Distributions of contributions are not taxable. And the regular ordering rules apply: Any distributions are considered to have come from contributions before earnings, so even if you inherit a relatively new Roth IRA, you can try to stretch out the distributions so that you take out the earnings after 5 years. Again, you would need tax records of the deceased to determine whether the IRA is at least 5 years old and if it is less than five years old to determine how much is contributions and how much is earnings.
Can you contribute the max to both a IRA and Roth?
No. The combined total you contribute to all of your accounts must be less than your annual maximum.
