If you have taken distributions from any tax-deferred retirement account, you know that the distribution is reported on IRS Form 1099-R. A Form 1099-R is not usually issued for money that is added to ...
A Roth IRA is an individual retirement account funded with after-tax dollars. That means you generally do not deduct Roth IRA contributions the way you may deduct some traditional IRA contributions.
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