A Beginner's Guide To Roth Conversions
Early Retirement - Financial Freedom (Investing, Tax Planning, Retirement Strategy, Personal Finance)
Ari Taublieb, CFP®, MBA
4.7 • 583 Ratings
🗓️ 6 October 2025
⏱️ 10 minutes
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| 0:00.0 | Roth conversions can be powerful. They can lead to millions of more dollars in your ending balance |
| 0:05.8 | of what you've worked so hard for, but sometimes they're not necessary at all. And I'll see a lot of |
| 0:09.9 | people want to do a Roth conversion because it sounds cool, it's different, maybe their neighbor |
| 0:14.4 | hasn't done it. They love tax arbitrage where you're kind of making the most of your tax |
| 0:18.8 | situation today versus retirement. And the reality is, |
| 0:23.2 | I find way too many people execute conversions incorrectly. This is going to be a beginner's guide |
| 0:28.3 | to Roth conversion. So I'm not going to go into great detail on Irma surcharges and tax brackets |
| 0:33.8 | changing. Today is just how Roth conversions work, keeping it plain and simple, |
| 0:38.1 | nice and easy. And so if you're considering a conversion, I would recommend listening to this. |
| 0:42.9 | And if you want my deeper episodes where I go into tons of detail, just look up RRI Roth conversions |
| 0:48.1 | on YouTube or searching the podcast app and you will see it will come up unless I am shadow |
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| 0:54.8 | is the case. So with that being said, thank you as always for tuning in to this podcast. All of my |
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| 1:12.7 | It's always going to go to YouTube. |
| 1:14.7 | And thank you for allowing me to do this because I love it. |
| 1:17.6 | I am Ari, the host of this podcast, early retirement, chief growth officer at Root and a certified financial planner. |
| 1:24.2 | I often say, how many people would you never let touch your body that are doctors? Probably a lot of |
| 1:29.9 | them. Not because they're bad, but maybe they're just not a great fit for you. Now, some of them are bad. |
| 1:34.8 | In the industry I work in, the financial industry, I took a CFP course to get certified, of course, |
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