Pro Series Professional Traditional IRA Contribution with ONLY Unearned Income
Feb. 23, 2021
The Taxpayer has only incomes such as pension, bank interest and dividends.
Pension $7500, Interest $5,000, Dividends $15,000
Any thoughts / clarifications / updates would be highly appreciated.
Thanks and Regards.
Raj1
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Always use the current and applicable IRS resources when you are learning these things:
"Contributions
To contribute to a traditional IRA, you, and/or your spouse if you file a joint return, must have taxable compensation, such as wages, salaries, commissions, tips, bonuses, or net income from self-employment."
"Compensation for purposes of contributing to an IRA doesn't include earnings and profits from property, such as rental income, interest and dividend income, or any amount received as pension or annuity income, or as deferred compensation. In certain cases, other amounts may be treated as compensation for purposes of contributing to an IRA, including certain alimony and separate maintenance payments received, certain amounts received to aid in the pursuit of graduate and postdoctoral studies, and certain difficulty of care payments received."
https://www.irs.gov/taxtopics/tc451
https://www.irs.gov/forms-pubs/about-publication-590-a
No. Earned income is required. It can be spousal earned income if that applies.
Always use the current and applicable IRS resources when you are learning these things:
"Contributions
To contribute to a traditional IRA, you, and/or your spouse if you file a joint return, must have taxable compensation, such as wages, salaries, commissions, tips, bonuses, or net income from self-employment."
"Compensation for purposes of contributing to an IRA doesn't include earnings and profits from property, such as rental income, interest and dividend income, or any amount received as pension or annuity income, or as deferred compensation. In certain cases, other amounts may be treated as compensation for purposes of contributing to an IRA, including certain alimony and separate maintenance payments received, certain amounts received to aid in the pursuit of graduate and postdoctoral studies, and certain difficulty of care payments received."
https://www.irs.gov/taxtopics/tc451
https://www.irs.gov/forms-pubs/about-publication-590-a
Sorry for delay to reply on my part.
Just to reconfirm, even NON DEDUCTIBLE Traditional IRA contr requires Earned Income. Is that so?
Yes.
IRA is not Savings. It's part of Retirement planning. If you don't work for money, you don't participate in a retirement plan from working. A working spouse can do some contributing for a nonworking spouse.
You need to read the provisions.
Thanks.
Thanks for your prompt reply.
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