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Do you know that if you pay off your home for retiremt under BOs tax plan, you will have to share the wealth?
It just hit me! I want to pay my house off for retirement after the 1st of the year using my IRA that I worked for and saved all my life. I just realized doing the figures that if Obama gets in, paying off my house will put me over his tax ceiling of $250,000 a year (income you take out of IRA is federally taxed). He says those people should pay much more tax. I am not rich, I am an average person that deserves to pay off my home for retirement and not have to "share the wealth" with anyone. So what do you all think - it won't happen to you when it is your time to take out your money so you can have a roof over your head?
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- 1 decade agoFavorite Answer
Under Obama's plan, seniors making under $50,000 will not pay any tax at all. Just withdraw the IRA money over a few years, instead of in a single lump sum. It could be completely tax-free that way. Or if you withdraw it $100,000 at a time, you still come out better under Obama. Obama's rates are higher for over $250,000 a year; McCain's are higher for incomes up to $250,000.
Don't be impatient to empty out the IRA all at once - it's a bad idea. No matter who is president, you would pay more than you need to. Even under McCain's plan, if you withdrew $250,000 all at once you'd put yourself into the 33% tax bracket, and you don't want to do that if you can spread out your withdrawals over a few years and keep your income in the 15 or 25% brackets. (Obama's plan calls for the 33% bracket to go to 36%.) Your tax savings would probably more than offset the interest you would pay on the mortgage. You should speak with a tax advisor with the specifics about your income, mortgage debt and IRA balance to plan your withdrawals.
I love Obama's policy for seniors - in my case, all my IRA withdrawals would be tax-free even though I don't have a Roth - because my income will always be under the $50,000 threshhold.
- notyou311Lv 71 decade ago
Where is your source for this nonsense? Unless you make $250,000 a year your vote for McCain will be a vote against your own interests. You will be helping the rich get richer.