Roth IRA Investment, Taxation and Withdrawals

Investment Option for Roth IRA

People can funded their Roth IRA in certificate of deposit, common stocks, mutual funds, saving account, money market account, exchange traded funds, bonds or trusts like real estate investment or investing in gold or silver coins with any combination as per general rules of IRS. Since there is a wild range of classes for asset there is no other option available for traditional investment. Investment in Collectibles and Cash Value Life Insurance are not funded by Roth IRA

Taxation

After tax income you should funded your Roth IRA. There is no tax deduction in Roth IRA while in traditional IRA there might be chances of tax deduction. As soon as you invest funds in Roth IRA there is no need to pay capital gain and income taxes. For example after tax income you invest one thousand dollar in Roth IRA. Consider you utilized that money to purchase common stocks or bonds. After certain years say 2-3 years the value of that common stock or is worth two thousand dollar; sold them. You pay zero tax on one thousand dollar instead of paying capital gain tax. Now you reinvest the total amount i.e. two thousand dollar.

Withdrawals

Without early withdrawal penalty you should withdraw your principal which was previously contributed. For example suppose you should open Roth IRA by contributing two thousand dollar. After one year the value of your 2,000$ is 2,500$. Without penalty you should withdraw two thousand dollar as per IRS rules and regulation without touching investment gain of 500 dollar. You should go for online search if you actually are interested in Roth IRA. There are lots of sites based on IRA available online that will provide you good information.