SEP IRA

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Question: can I take tax benefits for both a SEP IRA and traditional ira ? are there limits?

Answer: You need to download publication 590 on the IRS website. It is easy to read with a lot of examples. http://www.irs.gov

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Question: Can I have both a SIMPLE IRA and a ROTH IRA? What are the Contribution limits for each?

Answer: The SIMPLE IRA is a low-maintenance retirement plan that offers many features of the more common 401(k) without the complexity, administrative burden and increased administration costs. The SIMPLE allows self-employed business owners or “side business owners” to defer up to a maximum of $6,500 a year (plus certain matching Contribution amounts) from their net business earnings
The ideal candidate for a SIMPLE is a self-employed individual who makes less than $35,000 and has the financial resources available to maximize retirement plan contributions. With a SIMPLE, the maximum Contribution would be $7,470 ($6,500 elective deferral portion plus a matching Contribution of $970) which is greater than the maximum amount allowed with a SEP or a combination Keogh plan.

The combined maximum allowed for the Traditional IRA and a Roth IRA is limited to $4,000 per year, or $4,500 for age 50 and over)

Question: IRS Rules about substantially equal premature IRA withdrawals???

Hypthetical situation: I’m 45 and have enough money in my Roth IRA to retire. Is it really as simple, as using the life expectancy table and dividing my balance by that number each year to withdraw from my Roth so I can never work again? No penalty for early distribution, and no taxes since it is a Roth?

Answer: That is generally correct. Of course, with IRS rules there are additional hoops to go through.

Read the details in IRS Publication 590 (Individual Retirement Arrangements), Roth IRAs, starting with “Are Distributions Taxable?” (starting on p. 65)

http://www.irs.gov/pub/irs-pdf/p590.pdf

What is a SIMPLE IRA? By John Colegrove