IRA Distributions?

[William W. Plummer]

Is the reason for taking funds out of an IRA over many years to minimize
the tax bite? I am retired and in th 15% bracket, but if I wait until I
turn 70 and then remove all funds at that point, I'll get taxed in a
higher bracket. I'm guessing that the IRS had a rare stroke of
consideration and invented the idea of taking the money out in as many
as 10 installments to minimize the tax in any one year. Am I right
about that?

 

[Mike L]

Is the reason for taking funds out of an IRA over many years to minimize
the tax bite? I am retired and in th 15% bracket, but if I wait until I
turn 70 and then remove all funds at that point, I'll get taxed in a
higher bracket. I'm guessing that the IRS had a rare stroke of
consideration and invented the idea of taking the money out in as many
as 10 installments to minimize the tax in any one year. Am I right
about that?

With all of the familiarity I've had over the years with Quicken, I guess I
still would have a difficult time figuring why each of the authors and
those that supported this law did so (Though, I suspect some had their own
pork barrel projects in mind and some felt guilty about the grand
retirements that they had already set themselves up with.)

That being said, you can have your own reasons for how you decide to
withdraw your funds from your IRA, completely different from what your
congressman was thinking. It would help if you mention which version of
Quicken you are running

 

[John Pollard]

Is the reason for taking funds out of an IRA over many years
to
minimize the tax bite? I am retired and in th 15% bracket,
but if I
wait until I turn 70 and then remove all funds at that point,
I'll
get taxed in a higher bracket. I'm guessing that the IRS had
a rare
stroke of consideration and invented the idea of taking the
money out
in as many as 10 installments to minimize the tax in any one
year. Am I right about that?

If there were a million possible interpretations of the IRS's
take on this; I still would not assume that they had "a stroke
of consideration". The function of the IRS is to take as much
in taxes as they possibly can ... and as part of that process,
to make sure that everyone is deathly afraid to avoid paying
their "full share". The IRS has never had any "stroke of
consideration".

My guess on the rules for taking payments from your regular IRA
account is that the government wants to guarantee that the
government will get the maximum amount of taxes from your
regular IRA: meaning that the government expects to get more in
taxes that way than if you were allowed to leave the funds in
your regular IRA as long as you wanted ... even until you die.
One of the reasons to favor a Roth IRA over a regular IRA.

 

[Jim M.]

Want to know about IRA's? - go to the following ---

http://www.irs.ustreas.gov/formspubs/lists/0,,id=97819,00.html

..... and get Publication #590 and enjoy!
Jim M.

 

[Fanfare]

All 100 Pages ??!

Want to know about IRA's? - go to the following ---

http://www.irs.ustreas.gov/formspubs/lists/0,,id=97819,00.html

.... and get Publication #590 and enjoy!
Jim M.