Question

Individual Retirement Accounts (LO 5.3) Mary has a Roth IRA held more than 5 years to which she has contributed $30,000. The IRA has a current value of $62,000. Mary is 55 years old and she takes a distribution of $38,000. How much of the distribution will be taxable to Mary?

Answer 1

$8,000

Step-by-step explanation:

Since Mary is not 59 1/2 years old yet, the distributions she gets from her Roth IRA will be taxed (she only met the 5 year rule). She will have to pay a 10% penalty and income taxes on the earnings that she withdraws.

Mary will have to pay only for the earnings that she withdraws, and luckily for her the contributions are withdrawn first. Mary's earnings = $38,000 - contributions = $38,000 - $30,000 = $8,000