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If you have a traditional IRA and you’re nowhere near 59½, you’ve heard the warning: pull money out early and the IRS slaps a 10% penalty on top of regular income tax. There’s a workaround written ...

Spouses who are the account’s sole beneficiary have the most and best choices Ebony Howard is a certified public accountant and a QuickBooks ProAdvisor tax expert. She has been in the accounting, ...

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Traditional IRA contributions create RMDs at 73 that can push combined income past $44,000, making 85% of Social Security benefits permanently taxable. A single extra dollar of RMD income can trigger ...

Like traditional and Roth IRAs, gold IRAs are tax-advantaged retirement accounts with annual contribution limits and early withdrawal penalties. But rather than stocks and bonds, they're invested in ...

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For example, the balance on your traditional IRA was $200,000 at the end of last year. You are married, and your spouse, who is the sole beneficiary of your IRA, is five years younger than you. You ...

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