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1. If you are under age 59½, and you pay taxes on conversion withdrawals from your traditional IRA, you may owe a state tax penalty in addition to a 10% federal tax penalty.
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2. You will be required to pay ordinary income tax on the converted amount (pre-tax and investment gains).
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3. If you pay taxes using money from an IRA, you may lose the potential benefit of being tax-free on that amount.
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4. For an investor in a lower tax bracket, IRA contributions may be tax-deductible while Roth IRA contributions are not.
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5. The Roth IRA must be opened for 5 tax years in order to take any distributions that include tax-free income.
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6. For death or disability, after age 59½, or for a first-time home purchase includes qualified tax-free distributions.
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