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                       Rules to Know





                       About IRAs





                       and Taxation












                                                BY EMILY HOLBROOK AND GINGER SZALA


                          Here are some inside                            When are funds in an IRA taxed?

                       tips on how to prepare                       1 Funds accumulated in a traditional IRA generally are
                                                                    not taxable until they are distributed. Funds accumulated in
                                                                    a Roth IRA may or may not be taxable on distribution. Special
                               for tax season and                   rules may treat funds accumulated in an IRA as a “deemed
                                                                    distribution” and, thus, includable in income under the rules
                             retirement savings.                    for traditional IRAs and for Roth IRAs. A distribution of a
                                                                    nontransferable, nonforfeitable annuity contract that provides
                                                                    for payments to begin by age 72 (70½ prior to 2020) and not to
                                                                    extend beyond certain limits is not taxable, but payments made
                                                                    under such an annuity would be includable in income under
                                                                    the appropriate rules.



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