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Converting now would enable you to spread a possible tax hit over more than one payment while reducing future taxes.

To contribute to a Roth IRA, you must have “earned income” that equals or exceeds your contribution. There are also income limits, meaning your maximum Roth IRA contribution could be reduced ...

Before 2018, the IRS allowed you to reverse converting a traditional IRA to a Roth IRA, which is called recharacterization. But that process is now prohibited by the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017.

Converted Roth IRA funds are tax- and penalty-free after five years from Jan. 1 of the year of the conversion. Roth IRA earnings are tax-free after age 59 1/2 and a five-year holding period.

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There used to be what you might call “backsies” or a “do-over” on converting money from a traditional IRA to a Roth. You ...

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