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Subject: Re: 401(k) to Traditional IRA to Roth IRAl? Date: 12/12/2001 10:49 AM
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Talk to your IRA custodian. Usually they will do a Roth conversion for you. Either partial or total conversion is possible. They send you a 1099 for the funds converted and you then pay the income taxes. If the amount converted is large, you may need to pay estimated taxes and prepay the tax to avoid penalties for underpayment of estimated taxes.

You may do a conversion in any year you have earned income and do not have income exceeding the upper limits--about $100K. Check the IRS publication on IRAs for details.
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