When you reach retirement age, financial decisions become even more important as you are no longer generating income from ...

At first, the increases tend to be modest. At age 73, the typical RMD is 3.77% of the account balance at the end of the prior year. By age 80 the percentage is still under 5%. However, the percentage ...

A Roth IRA conversion is available any time you have money in a qualifying pre-tax account. People choose to make a ...

Retirees will generally have more insight into the wisdom of a Roth IRA conversion than younger workers, due to decreased uncertainty about future income paths and tax rates. Decisions about how and ...

Any money you move from a traditional IRA to a Roth IRA is treated as ordinary income. That's why you should make these ...

You will owe taxes on your Roth IRA conversion in the year of the conversion. Your converted funds must stay in your Roth IRA for five years before you can withdraw them penalty-free. Roth savings ...

Nearly a quarter of U.S. households own a Roth IRA, yet they account for just 10% of the $13.6 trillion in total individual retirement arrangements assets, mostly funded by direct contributions. But ...

Roth conversions increase current-year taxable income, but they allow clients to keep more of their money long-term. If they don’t convert, clients (or their heirs) will have to pay taxes on the IRA ...

In 2025, a record 4.18 million Americans will turn 65. For those planning to retire soon, an important question arises: Does converting retirement savings from a tax-deferred account to a Roth IRA ...

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I found your column "Do Roth IRA conversions still make sense with the passage of the GOP tax law?" very helpful and I better understand the strategic choice a conversion to a Roth IRA represents. My ...

Roth IRAs can be wonderful tools when you're saving for retirement. They feature tax-free withdrawals. You might want to ...