Treasury Regulations (26 C.F.R.)
26 CFR § 1.408A-1
Roth IRAs in general.
This section sets forth the following questions and answers that discuss the background and general features of Roth IRAs:
Q-1. What is a Roth IRA?
A-1. (a) A Roth IRA is a new type of individual retirement plan that individuals can use, beginning in 1998. Roth IRAs are described in section 408A, which was added by the Taxpayer Relief Act of 1997 (TRA 97), Public Law 105-34 (111 Stat. 788).
(b) Roth IRAs are treated like traditional IRAs except where the Internal Revenue Code specifies different treatment. For example, aggregate contributions (other than by a conversion or other rollover) to all an individual's Roth IRAs are not permitted to exceed $2,000 for a taxable year. Further, income earned on funds held in a Roth IRA is generally not taxable. Similarly, the rules of section 408(e), such as the loss of exemption of the account where the owner engages in a prohibited transaction, apply to Roth IRAs in the same manner as to traditional IRAs.
Q-2. What are the significant differences between traditional IRAs and Roth IRAs?
A-2. There are several significant differences between traditional IRAs and Roth IRAs under the Internal Revenue Code. For example, eligibility to contribute to a Roth IRA is subject to special modified AGI (adjusted gross income) limits; contributions to a Roth IRA are never deductible; qualified distributions from a Roth IRA are not includible in gross income; the required minimum distribution rules under section 408(a)(6) and (b)(3) (which generally incorporate the provisions of section 401(a)(9)) do not apply to a Roth IRA during the lifetime of the owner; and contributions to a Roth IRA can be made after the owner has attained age 70
[T.D. 8816, 64 FR 5601, Feb. 4, 1999]
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In this part (40 sections)
- 1.404(c)-1 · (c)-1 Certain negotiated plans; effect of section 404(c).
- 1.404(d)-1T · (d)-1T Questions and answers relating to deductibility of…
- 1.404(e)-1 · (e)-1 [Reserved]
- 1.404(e)-1A · (e)-1A Contributions on behalf of a self-employed…
- 1.404(g)-1 · (g)-1 Deduction of employer liability payments.
- 1.404(k)-1T · (k)-1T Questions and answers relating to the…
- 1.404(k)-3 · (k)-3 Disallowance of deduction for reacquisition payments.
- 1.406-1 · Treatment of certain employees of foreign subsidiaries as…
- 1.407-1 · Treatment of certain employees of domestic subsidiaries…
- 1.408-1 · General rules.
- 1.408-2 · Individual retirement accounts.
- 1.408-3 · Individual retirement annuities.
- 1.408-4 · Treatment of distributions from individual retirement…
- 1.408-5 · Annual reports by trustees or issuers.
- 1.408-6 · Disclosure statements for individual retirement arrangements.
- 1.408-7 · Reports on distributions from individual retirement plans.
- 1.408-8 · Distribution requirements for individual retirement plans.
- 1.408-11 · Net income calculation for returned or recharacterized IRA…
- 1.408(q)-1 · (q)-1 Deemed IRAs in qualified employer plans.
- 1.408A-0 · Roth IRAs; table of contents.
- 1.408A-1 · Roth IRAs in general.
- 1.408A-2 · Establishing Roth IRAs.
- 1.408A-3 · Contributions to Roth IRAs.
- 1.408A-4 · Converting amounts to Roth IRAs.
- 1.408A-5 · Recharacterized contributions.
- 1.408A-6 · Distributions.
- 1.408A-7 · Reporting.
- 1.408A-8 · Definitions.
- 1.408A-9 · Effective date.
- 1.408A-10 · Coordination between designated Roth accounts and Roth IRAs.
- 1.409-1 · Retirement bonds.
- 1.409A-0 · Table of contents.
- 1.409A-1 · Definitions and covered plans.
- 1.409A-2 · Deferral elections.
- 1.409A-3 · Permissible payments.
- 1.409A-4 · Calculation of income inclusion. [Reserved]
- 1.409A-5 · Funding. [Reserved]
- 1.409A-6 · Application of section 409A and effective dates.
- 1.409(p)-1 · (p)-1 Prohibited allocation of securities in an S…
- 1.409(p)-1T · (p)-1T Prohibited allocations of securities in an S…