Paying 32% today to avoid up to 18% later is generally a poor trade-off. Few retirees face a top-bracket tax rate on every ...

EDITOR’S NOTE: Over the next three months, Donna Skeels Cygan will look at the pros and cons of Roth conversions. Roth IRAs and Roth conversions offer many benefits for investors. But they are not for ...

If you missed the boat on contributing to a Roth account directly, or your income was too high to fund a Roth IRA, then you ...

A Roth conversion is the process of rolling over retirement funds invested in a pretax account, like a regular IRA or 401(k), into an after-tax Roth IRA. You’ll pay capital gains taxes at the time of ...

If you are considering doing a Roth conversion, this article is for you. This is the third column in a three-part series. The first one, “10 reasons not to do a Roth conversion,” ran in early June and ...

There is no legal or regulatory age restriction on Roth conversions, so it's not too late in that sense. Generally speaking, ...

You have to weigh the pros and cons of converting early in the year versus waiting until year-end.

When it comes to Roth conversions, traditional advice is to convert traditional IRAs to a Roth IRA over a period of years to stay within current tax brackets. The theory is that doing so will reduce ...

Two financial planners take on the establishment with a new view on retirement taxes Should you do Roth conversions? Stick to the math for the answer. When it comes to paying taxes, less is obviously ...

I found your column "Do Roth IRA conversions still make sense with the passage of the GOP tax law?" very helpful and I better understand the strategic choice a conversion to a Roth IRA represents. My ...

As investors strive to optimize their retirement savings and minimize tax burdens, understanding how Roth conversions benefit them becomes more important. Roth conversions have great significance when ...