I plan to play with more covered calls using options expiring in two to six months. If executed correctly by picking a safe stock, I should be able to manage to get 4 to 10% on invested money after commissions.
Right now I am doing these covered calls in regular brokerage account. But doing this in regular stock account will make me pay high capital gains(< 1 year holding).
I need to avoid these capital gains. How? Do these covered calls in my regular IRA.
But if I do this in IRA account, I will be paying taxes when its time to withdraw. which is not good too :)
Right now money in this IRA is not much(<12,000). So I made the decision to convert this IRA account to Roth IRA.
I should have done this last year to split taxes into two years but my regular IRA is not much, so nothing is lost I think ;)
****The Roth IRA (Roth Individual Retirement Account) is a powerful, “tax advantaged” investment product. The number one benefit of the Roth IRA is that individuals are able to grow and withdraw their "wealth" tax free. ****
1. If I contribute $5,000 to my Roth IRA this year, am I able to write it off on my income-tax return?
Answer is no.
2. What about commisions I pay to buy/sell stocks in Roth IRA. Can I deduct in taxes.
No. Commissions generated by trades inside a tax-qualified account such as Traditional or Roth IRAs don’t matter. Since you are not tracking capital gains or losses within these accounts there is no deduction for these fees from a tax perspective.
3. Advantages of Roth.
Right now I am doing these covered calls in regular brokerage account. But doing this in regular stock account will make me pay high capital gains(< 1 year holding).
I need to avoid these capital gains. How? Do these covered calls in my regular IRA.
But if I do this in IRA account, I will be paying taxes when its time to withdraw. which is not good too :)
Right now money in this IRA is not much(<12,000). So I made the decision to convert this IRA account to Roth IRA.
I should have done this last year to split taxes into two years but my regular IRA is not much, so nothing is lost I think ;)
****The Roth IRA (Roth Individual Retirement Account) is a powerful, “tax advantaged” investment product. The number one benefit of the Roth IRA is that individuals are able to grow and withdraw their "wealth" tax free. ****
1. If I contribute $5,000 to my Roth IRA this year, am I able to write it off on my income-tax return?
Answer is no.
2. What about commisions I pay to buy/sell stocks in Roth IRA. Can I deduct in taxes.
No. Commissions generated by trades inside a tax-qualified account such as Traditional or Roth IRAs don’t matter. Since you are not tracking capital gains or losses within these accounts there is no deduction for these fees from a tax perspective.
3. Advantages of Roth.
