Taxes

Income limits that have prevented many people from converting from a traditional IRA to a Roth IRA will be eliminated on January 1, 2010. With a traditional IRA, contributions and growth of capital are tax free, but distributions are taxed as normal income. Roth IRAs differ in that contributions are taxable while growth of capital and distributions are tax free. In addition, unlike traditional IRAs, there are no required minimum distributions with Roth IRAs. Last, with a Roth IRA your heirs do...

A House bill introduced by Representative Earl Pomeroy, D-N.D., would affect the tax treatment of certain annuities and income from IRAs. H.R. 2748, the Retirement Security Needs Lifetime Pay Act, would create a tax exemption for 50% of the income drawn from a non-qualified annuity. The exemption would be capped at $10,000 per year. The bill would also create a 25% tax exemption for income payments from an individual retirement account (IRA). Last, the bill would exclude the value of longevity...