Sat May 04 2024, by Tyler Gardner

Roth IRARetirement PlanningTax-Free WithdrawalsRMDsEstate Tax Exemption

Tyler? Yep. Looks like you're retiring next year with $4 million in your IRA. So you owe us nothing. Nobody owes us nothing.

No, this is a Roth IRA. I can take out that entire $4 million after I retire 100% tax-free.

Well, you can't touch that money until you're 59 and a half.

No, it's a Roth IRA. I can take back my contributions whenever I want and spend them however I want.

Well, you better start taking those RMDs by 72 so we'll get our taxes then.

I don't ever have to take RMDs. So what happens with all that money?

It just keeps growing and growing. That's why I plan on giving it to my kids when I die.

By then it will probably be worth closer to $12 million.

Well, we'll take our estate tax then.

Not if it's under $12.06 million, you won't. Lifetime exemption.

So we get nothing.

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