Required Minimum Distribution (RMD)
Definition The minimum amount that must be withdrawn from retirement accounts, including qualified plans, 403(b) accounts, 457(b) accounts or IRAs, each year. For retirement account
March 3, 2009
No. For purposes of determining the taxable portion of a Roth IRA conversion or a distribution from an individual’s traditional IRA, SEP IRA or SIMPLE IRA, all of the individual’s traditional IRAs, SEP IRAs and SIMPLE IRAs are treated as one account, and the amount converted to a Roth IRA or otherwise distributed from any of those accounts are prorated to include pre-tax and post-tax amounts. Let’s look at an example:
TJ has the following accounts:
TJ converts Traditional IRA # 1 ($20,000 balance) to his Roth IRA.
Results:
For tax purposes, the conversion includes $4,000 post-tax (nontaxable) amounts and $16,000 pre-tax (taxable) amounts, determined as follows:
Definition The minimum amount that must be withdrawn from retirement accounts, including qualified plans, 403(b) accounts, 457(b) accounts or IRAs, each year. For retirement account
Definition The date by which a retirement account owner must begin distributing required minimum distribution (RMD) amounts from a Traditional, SEP or SIMPLE IRA, a
Definition Individual retirement arrangement (IRA) is an umbrella term that covers individual retirement account and individual retirement annuity. These are retirement savings vehicles established by
Who is an active participant? Active participant status affects an individual’s eligibility to take a deduction for a contribution to a traditional IRA on his/her
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