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| Subject: Re: Roth IRA's (cont.) | Date: 1/31/1998 2:00 AM | |
| Author: xtraFool | Number: 1549 of 72499 | |
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<< That's a generality that will get too many folks into trouble. Surprisingly, many folks will stay in the same tax bracket they are in right now (i.e., 28% where most taxpayers are today). >> ack........ i have a long long long way to go to reach a tax rate of 28%, where most taxpayers are today??? i can only hope to reach the kind of agi, let alone taxable income. :( anyway, looked a some quick numbers from the 1997 tax schedules.......... single taxable income of $124,650 will results in a 27% tax rate, $24,650 is the maximum for 15%. for married filing jointly, a income of $151,750 results in a 26% tax rate and $41,200 for 15%. so in both of these cases you would have to drop your income by over $100,000, or over 70% to fall into the 15% tax bracket. you would need a severe lifestyle change to be able to handle this loss of income. not the kind of retirement i would look forward to. a better plan would be to try and remain near the same tax rate. those marginal tax brackets are deceiving. btw, the smartmoney interactive site has a quick IRA calculator to compare Roth, tax-deductible and nondeductible IRA's. it takes into account investing the tax savings each year for the tax-deductible IRA and taxes those returns annually as income. http://www.smartmoney.com/smt/consumer/index.cfm?story=199709081 searching for foolishness, xtraFool |
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