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Roth IRA Withdrawal Rules lay out the circumstances when a Roth IRA account owner may withdraw money from his or her Roth IRA account. As discussed in the Roth IRA distributions section of this IRA Rules website, there are three Roth IRA Tax Rules on funds withdrawn from a Roth IRA individual retirement account. 

Ordering Rules for Non-Qualified Distributions of Roth IRA Withdrawal Rules

There are specific ordering rules in the Roth IRA Withdrawal Rules that affect: 

• the type of asset(s) removed from the Roth IRA in a non-qualified distribution and, in turn,
• whether the distribution will be taxable and/or subject to penalty.

If the Roth IRA individual retirement account is a combination of both regular (annual) IRA contributions and conversion amounts, for tax purposes, under the Ordering Rules of Roth Ira Withdrawal Rules, distributions from the Roth IRA account will be considered ordered as follows: 

The three Roth Ira Distribution scenarios wrap up the Roth Ira Rules. 

Life Event Distributions for tax free and penalty free Roth IRA Distributions under the Roth Ira Withdrawal Rules

Earnings may be distributed from a Roth IRA account under the Roth IRA withdrawl rules before reaching age 59½, without the 10% premature distribution penalty, if it is used for one of the following Life Event Roth IRA withdrawl rules exceptions: 

Roth Ira Withdrawal Rules of five-year holding period

Roth Ira Rules has a special rule regarding the holding period of a Roth IRA account. The Five-Year Holding Period is considered to begin on January 1st of the year for which the IRA owner makes the first contribution of any type (including conversions) to any Roth IRA account and ends at the end of five full calendar years. Once the Five-Year Holding Period has been satisfied with respect to any Roth IRA contribution, it is deemed to be satisfied for all later Roth IRA contributions.

Finance & Investment Tips : Roth IRA vs. IRA

Roth IRA Rules (Continued)

Recap of major differences between Roth IRA rules and traditional IRA rules:

While traditional IRA rules allow eligible individuals with any income size to contribute to traditional IRA individual retirement accounts, Roth IRA rules do not. Simply put, if you earn a lot of money, then you can set up a traditional IRA but not a Roth IRA individual retirement account.

Another major difference between Roth IRA rules and traditional IRA rules is the age eligibility. Anyone can open a Roth IRA account providing he or she satisfies the income limit requirement under Roth IRA rules, whereas you have to be under 70½ to contribute to a Traditional IRA account.

Roth IRA rules on contributions

Roth IRA rules are very specific about how much income, called modified adjusted gross income or MAGI, you are allowed to make before you are no longer eligible to set up a Roth IRA individual retirement account. The table below shows modified adjusted gross income limits and how much you are allowed to contribute to a Roth IRA account.

Roth Ira Rules of deductible contribution

Roth Ira Rules do not permit deductible contributions to Roth IRA individual retirement account.

Roth Ira Rules for non-deductible contributions

Unlike contributions to Traditional IRA accounts, only non-deductible contributions to Roth IRA accounts are permitted. See “Total Contributions” for contribution limits to Roth IRA accounts under Roth Ira Rules.

Roth Ira Rules for catch up contributions for Roth IRA

Catch up contributions for Roth IRA individual retirement accounts, under the Roth Ira Rules, are available for individuals age 50 or over. Roth IRA account owners of 50 and over may make additional catch-up IRA contributions as specified by Roth Ira Rules and other Ira Rules. The maximum contribution limit is increased by $1,000 for year 2006 and thereafter. The contribution limit for catch up IRA contribution under both traditional Ira Rules and Roth Ira Rules used to be just $500.

Contribution Deadline for Roth IRA

Under the Roth Ira Rules, you may contribute or put money into your Roth IRA accounts no later than tax filing due date. No extensions.