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Tax Efficiency in Precious Metal IRA Investing

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Individual retirement accounts (IRAs) are intended at people who don’t have workplace retirements in place so they can make retirement savings on their own. There are two types of IRAs namely; Traditional IRA and Roth IRA.

Gold is considered as a collectible’ in ordinary cases and is dealt with like income. Taxing it means; 10% of gold worth with an additional 28% on capital gains, if it is held for more than a year. Though in case of IRAs, the scenarios change and taxes are not implied in a similar manner.

Contributions to IRAs can only be made in terms of cash or cash equivalents. Gold bullions, stocks in a gold mining company or coins cannot be directly deposited into the account. Once the contribution is made in terms of cash or cash equivalent, then this cash can be used for gold investments with a gold IRA custodian. Any gains from gold investments, whether they are from dividends, interests or capital appreciation are not taxable as long as the investment remains in the IRA.

While making contributions to your IRA, you can take deduction depending on your income and the type of IRA you hold. If your income is less than allowable limit and you have a traditional IRA, you are eligible for tax deductions on contributions to a specific limit. These tax deductions can be availed for both state and federal tax returns. For Roth IRA, contributions do not have any tax break but earnings and withdrawals are tax free in this case.

When you make an on-time withdrawal from IRA, you don’t have to pay capital gains tax on the amount that you got by selling the gold, as you would otherwise pay if the gold was not held in IRA. This holds true for both Traditional and Roth IRA. Capital gains rate can be as high as 28%. With that being said, there is still a slight difference between making an on-time withdrawal from Roth IRA and Traditional IRA. If Roth IRA account has been opened for more than five years, and age of the owner is more than 59.5 years, there is absolutely no tax upon withdrawal. With Traditional IRA, taxes are deducted at present income tax rates.

With Traditional IRA, you have to pay the normal income tax on amount withdrawn. Additionally, there is a 10 percent penalty on withdrawn amount, if the withdrawal is not made under permissible exceptions. In Roth IRA, withdrawal can be made any time and tax-free. So, there will be no tax on the withdrawn contributions but the gain in investments will be subject to normal income tax rate as well as 10 percent penalty on gains for an early withdrawal

If tax rates increase in the future, Roth IRAs maybe a better option as withdrawal with Roth accounts are tax free. Traditional IRAs will be a better option if tax rates depreciate. Considering the historic data and current US deficit and believing what most economists have to say- tax rates will rise in next 40 to 50 years. This directs us towards believing in that Roth IRAs are probably a better option to go with in terms of tax efficiencies.

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