The Easy And Legal Way To Turn Taxable Income Into Tax-Free Income

This may sound a little strange, but there are actually ways that you can convert your taxable income into non-taxable income. You can also do this without worrying about getting audited by the IRS.

This is one of my favorite ways of dong this: Although this has been a part of our federal income tax code for over 30 years, many people still don’t take advantage of it. So what is it that I am referring to?

The IRA — Individual Retirement Account.

I can hear many of you say right now, “Oh, I know all about that one; what’s so great about an IRA?”? Just give me a little time, and I’ll explain three new benefits that the IRA rules have that you may not know about:

BENEFIT #1: How To Avoid Tax Rather Than Postpone Tax

First. There are actually now two kinds of IRA’s available.

The so-called Traditional IRA is the one that first came out way back in the 1970’s.

But there’s a newer version of the IRA that’s only a few years old. This one is called the Roth IRA. And the difference between these two IRA’s is very significant.
Your traditional IRA contributions are tax-deductible, which result in immediate tax savings. The growth of those contributions is also tax-sheltered while the funds remain in the account, but after some time all tax-deductible Traditional IRA contributions, as well as the growth of those contributions, will be subject to income tax when the money is withdrawn from the account.

In other words, Traditional IRA’s offer the opportunity to temporarily postpone taxes.

On the other hand, the Roth IRA offers the opportunity to permanently avoid taxes. With a Roth IRA, you don’t take a deduction for your contributions; instead, you make a contribution with “after-tax” dollars.

Whatever you put in not only grows tax-free, but can also be withdrawn tax-free.

Let me show you an example to demonstrate what I am saying:

Let’s say that you invest $2,000 per year for 20 years into a Roth IRA. At the end of twety years, you will have invested a total of $40,000. Now if that Roth IRA earns an average of 10% per year, that $40,000 will grow into $126,005.

Here is the interesting part: If we assume that the IRA has existed for at least five years, and you are at least 59 ½ years old, you can withdraw the entire $126,005 without paying tax.
On the other hand, if this money had been invested in a Traditional IRA, the entire $126,005 would be subject to income tax when it is taken out.

The $86,005 of growth is magically converted from taxable income status to non-taxable income status. Let’s assume that you are in the 15% federal tax bracket. You could possibly be saving $12,901. If you add whatever state income tax you might have, you could save over $15,000 in taxes.

BENEFIT #2: You can also take An Extra 3 ½ Months To put money into Your IRA.

The deadline for contributing to your IRA is April 15 of the year AFTER the year for which the contribution made.

So for Year 2015, you have until April 18, 2016 to fund your IRA.

If you’ve already invested the maximum (more about that in a moment) by December 31, 2015, then there is no more to do. You can’t put in any more money into the IRA for 2015, but if you haven’t maxed out your IRA, you have until April 18 to do that.

This brings me to:

BENEFIT #3: The Maximum Contribution Amounts have been increasing f
or many years. The most you could put into an IRA was $2,000. Now, the maximum is $5,500. (This assumes that you have at least that much earned income from wages or self-employment income).

And if you are over 50, you can put in another $1,000, bringing the total maximum to $6,500.

A married couple, both age 50 or older, can put a whopping $13,000 per year into a IRA. Not too bad if I say so myself.

Here is a final point about the Roth IRA rules: For a married couple, you can only contribute the maximum of $5,500 or $6,500 if your combined income is less than $183,000.

If you are single or head of household, you can contribute the maximum if your income is less than $116,000.
For most of us who are considered to be in the middle-class who are looking for a perfectly legal way to permanently avoid tax (rather then merely temporarily postpone tax), the Roth IRA is exactly what we need.

How do you get started on this? Well this is the hard part. Let’s examin how to actually implement this tax avoidance strategy.

“We’d like to save as much as we can for our golden years. But $11,000 a year? It’s hard to put aside that kind of money. We need every dollar we make just to pay the bills.” This could be your situtation, but a tax advisor or fund manager might find it easy to lecture you on why you should do it anyway. Realistically though; You’ve got to begin at some point, and you’ve got to start saving something, don’t you?

If you’d like to save for retirement, but think you can’t, it may be because you need to learn how to budget your money correctly.  Also learn about other ways to boost your retirement income, check out this website:

BOOST YOUR RETIREMENT INCOME

Learn from this resource or other sources and go for it!

22,019 Replies to “The Easy And Legal Way To Turn Taxable Income Into Tax-Free Income”

  1. Choosing the best out of the above is tough but there are dozens of customers
    who believe that Stripchat is the best place to be in for that highly satisfying experience.

    However, given the fact that there are thousands of such cam sites choosing the right one could be a tough
    and challenging task. This is because of the fact that the models are
    from many countries and ethnicities. On the other side, though
    the site might be good you could find them
    being banned in some countries. Models can also expect
    decent payouts if they are good and professional.
    In fine you can be sure that you will get the
    best value for money as a customer. Best features:
    Competitive rates, works on your smartphone (yes iPhone and even Android) and super easy to fire up
    a live show. You don’t have to do all 300 at the same time, break it into 3
    separate sessions if it works better for you.

  2. I’m not that much of a online reader to be honest but your blogs really nice, keep it up!
    I’ll go ahead and bookmark your website to come back down the road.
    Cheers

  3. When I originally commented I clicked the “Notify me when new comments are added” checkbox and now each time
    a comment is added I get several emails with the same comment.
    Is there any way you can remove people from that service?
    Appreciate it!

  4. Hi there, just became alert to your blog through Google, and found
    that it is really informative. I’m going to watch out for brussels.
    I will appreciate if you continue this in future. Many people will be benefited from
    your writing. Cheers!

  5. When someone writes an paragraph he/she keeps the plan of a user in his/her mind that how a user can be aware of it.
    Thus that’s why this article is perfect. Thanks!

  6. Its like you read my mind! You appear to know so much about this,
    like you wrote the book in it or something. I think that you could
    do with some pics to drive the message home a little bit,
    but other than that, this is wonderful blog. A great read.
    I will definitely be back.

  7. I am extremely impressed with your writing skills and also with the
    layout on your blog. Is this a paid theme or did you modify it yourself?

    Either way keep up the nice quality writing, it is rare to see a nice blog like this
    one nowadays.

  8. You actually make it seem so easy with your presentation but I find this topic to
    be actually something which I think I would never understand.
    It seems too complex and very broad for me. I’m looking forward for your next post, I will try
    to get the hang of it!

  9. Hello there, I found your site via Google even as looking for a
    related subject, your site came up, it appears good. I have bookmarked it in my google bookmarks.

    Hello there, simply became aware of your blog via Google,
    and located that it is really informative. I’m gonna be careful
    for brussels. I will be grateful in the event you proceed
    this in future. Lots of other people will be benefited from your writing.
    Cheers!

  10. Hello, Neat post. There is a problem with your website in internet explorer, could test this?
    IE still is the marketplace chief and a large section of other people will omit your wonderful writing due to this problem.

  11. Hey are using WordPress for your blog platform? I’m new to the blog world but I’m trying to get started and
    set up my own. Do you require any coding expertise to make your own blog?
    Any help would be greatly appreciated!

  12. Heya i am for the first time here. I found this board and I find It truly useful &
    it helped me out much. I am hoping to give one thing again and help others like you aided me.

  13. Hello there! Would you mind if I share your blog with my zynga
    group? There’s a lot of people that I think would really
    appreciate your content. Please let me know.
    Thank you

  14. We’re a group of volunteers and opening a new scheme in our community.
    Your site provided us with valuable information to work on. You have done a formidable job and our entire community will be grateful to you.

  15. Can I simply say what a comfort to discover somebody who truly knows what they are discussing over
    the internet. You certainly realize how to bring an issue to light
    and make it important. More and more people should look at this
    and understand this side of your story. I can’t believe you aren’t more popular since you certainly have the gift.

  16. Does your website have a contact page? I’m having trouble locating it but, I’d like tto send you
    an e-mail. I’ve got some creative ideas ffor your blog you might be interested in hearing.
    Eiyher way, great blog and I look forward too seeing it develop over time.

    Stop by my homepage – Kurulus Osman English

  17. I really love your website.. Very nice colors
    & theme. Did you create this web site yourself?
    Please reply back as I’m attempting to create my own website and would love to know where you got this
    from or just what the theme is named. Many
    thanks!

  18. Even though the gambling houses offer more or less complete statistics from
    the different events they have, my recommendation would be to reference these
    pages. There is nothing better when you are watch the Kentucky Derby and the horse
    you bet on is neck and neck throughout the final
    turn. However, before you get all looking forward
    to the limits in betting being reduced, remember why it had been done inside the first
    place and re-evaluate the chances from the game with one teams messing around with injured players.

  19. I’m very happy to discover this great site. I wanted
    to thank you for ones time for this particularly fantastic read!!
    I definitely appreciated every bit of it and I have you
    book marked to look at new information on your web
    site.

  20. Thank you for another wonderful post. The place else may anybody get that kind of information in such an ideal method of writing?
    I’ve a presentation subsequent week, and I’m at the search for such info.

  21. Massage Can Help You Sleep Better – Most people discover that
    they get yourself a fantastic night’s sleep the day they’re going for the
    massage as well as the benefits takes days afterwards. I know those who have to be effective
    3 shifts or even 3 jobs to earn their living and this ‘money saving’ tip
    can help them. Those considering participating in an erotic massage
    should purchase jasmine, ylang ylang and sandalwood oil because they are aphrodisiacs.

  22. You actually make it seem so easy with your presentation but I find this topic to
    be actually something that I think I would never understand.
    It seems too complex and extremely broad for me. I am looking forward for your next post, I will
    try to get the hang of it!

  23. Great post however , I was wondering if you
    could write a litte more on this topic? I’d be very grateful if you
    could elaborate a little bit more. Many thanks!

  24. Today, I went to the beachfront with my children. I found a sea shell
    and gave it to my 4 year old daughter and said “You can hear the ocean if you put this to your ear.” She placed the shell to her ear and screamed.

    There was a hermit crab inside and it pinched her ear. She never wants to go back!
    LoL I know this is totally off topic but I had to tell someone!

  25. I am curious to find out what blog system you happen to be using?
    I’m experiencing some small security issues with my latest blog
    and I’d like to find something more safeguarded. Do you have any
    suggestions?

Leave a Reply

Discover more from Small Business Paths

Subscribe now to keep reading and get access to the full archive.

Continue reading