Should We Convert to Roth?
Jill on Money with Jill Schlesinger
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🗓️ 5 November 2022
⏱️ 8 minutes
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Summary
I'm trying to decide if it makes sense for us to start converting a traditional IRA into a Roth. What should we be considering?
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to the Jill On Money Show. |
| 0:05.9 | It's the weekend. |
| 0:06.9 | It's Saturday, November 5th. |
| 0:09.0 | And we are here answering your financial questions. |
| 0:13.6 | If you have one, it's very easy. |
| 0:16.8 | You go to that bookmarked site. |
| 0:19.5 | I know you've already bookmarked it. |
| 0:21.1 | Jillonmoney.com. You know why you should bookmark it because Mark populates the website with new stuff all the time. So there's always some good stuff there. And also, whenever there's some sort of financial question that starts to bubble up, you just go to the bookmark. You say, oh, let me just ask Jill and Mark a question. You click the contact us button and you fill out the form. |
| 0:41.0 | Now, you know, You just go to the bookmark. You say, oh, let me just ask Jill and Mark a question. You click the |
| 0:38.0 | contact us button and you fill out the form. Now, you know, we do email episodes, but have you |
| 0:43.3 | guys noticed that on those email episodes, I'm usually at least once or twice an episode saying, |
| 0:48.2 | hey, could you send us more information? It's so much better when you come on the show live with us. |
| 0:53.9 | We just, first of all, we love |
| 0:55.0 | talking to you and Mark and I are both voyeurs. We like to hear your stories. If we have |
| 1:00.5 | follow-up questions, you're there, and that makes it much easier. Today, we are talking to Aaron, |
| 1:06.6 | who is on the line from Salt Lake City. So I'm wondering about whether it makes sense to convert some of my traditional IRA into a Roth |
| 1:18.1 | and the tax consequences or benefits. |
| 1:21.8 | Okay, great. |
| 1:22.4 | So tell me a little bit about yourself. |
| 1:25.3 | We are retired. |
| 1:26.7 | Mm-hmm. |
| 1:27.4 | And you said we, so you're married. |
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