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Asked 2/9/2011

IRA questions get one.. dont get one?

I cashed out a life insurance policy with the cash surrender value at 10k because the company that had it started withdrawing money to pay for this that & everything.
So I wanted to take what I got from them and put it in a IRA and let it collect intrest. Only problem is they did not take taxes out when they cashed it out. For an investment company they sure did not know what they were doing. Now I am stuck with having to pay taxes on it and my tax person said to open a IRA. 5k for me and have my wife open one for 5k. And we could get a deduction on this years taxes to offset the cashout.

I was thinking about getting a Simple IRA for the tax credit. How much will i get taxed when i start to receive payments (After 59 1/2) I only want to put 5k in and that is it. no other deposits, just keep rolling it. I have other retirement plans.

Would it be worth it to get a simple IRA & get the deduction?, Forget it and pay taxes on the cashout?, or get a Roth IRA pay taxes going in & not get a tax deduction and not get taxed when I start withdrawling, or just leave it in our savings account.?

 
 
 
 
 
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Answer 1/1 - Submitted 2/17/2011

A lot depends on your tax bracket and other considerations. It might be best to go into this in more detail with your tax person, with a financial planner, or with an investment house such as Fidelity, Vanguard or T. Rowe Price. Keeping it in a savings account is probably not your best move, as interest rates are so low right now.

If you are over 50, by the way, you can put $6,000 a year into an IRA.

 
 
 
 
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