Roth IRA Question about early withdrawl penalty?

Well, if there is a gain in the stock, you would pay a 10% penalty on this. If your first Roth IRA is less than 5 years old, you would also pay income tax on it as well. For example, lets say you bought $100 worth of stocks. When you sell them, it may be worth $150. You would pay a 10% penalty on the $50.

So you can withdraw your contributions at anytime without paying taxes or penalties on it.

The most beautiful feature of any retirement account is it's Tax Deferred Status.

This means that you can buy/sell stocks, funds etc as you please.

You will not ever pay a tax or penalty on any gain until you take a distribution. Meaning the investment company sends you a live check or actual liquid proceeds from the account.

Rollovers from a retirement account at one investment company to another are also not taxed.

The government wants you to save for retirement - this is one way that of encouraging you to do so

...another feature unique to the Roth IRA - if you meet certain IRS stipulations - you may be able to avoid paying taxes on any gains ever!!!!

First of all Withdrawal and selling stocks are two different things. Withdrawal means you are taking money out of your account.

With Roth IRA, there is NO penalty if you sell or buy stocks as many as you want. This is one of the advantage of retirement account. You do not need to worry about short term capital gain.

But when you withdraw i.e. take out money from Roth IRA, then

a. there is NO penalty if you take out contributed money.

b. there is penalty if you take out earnings (gain/interest) on your contribution.

NOTE: IRA account = Your contribution + Earnings (gain/interest).

Read here for more info:

http://www.theusefulinfo.com/finance/2007/04/can-i...

-Infoman

Not a legal advice.

No you do not have to pay a dime except in fees to the institution holding the money. You will have to pay tax plus a 10% penalty on the 50. I say that because no institution is going to keep an account open with fifty bucks!

no; it is not a withdrawal from your roth account.