If you have a traditional IRA and you’re nowhere near 59½, you’ve heard the warning: pull money out early and the IRS slaps a 10% penalty on top of regular income tax. There’s a workaround written ...

If you must report distributions from a variety of retirement plans, investments, and accounts, the IRS has provided a head start by issuing the 2026 instructions for Forms 1099-R and 5498.

If you have a Roth IRA, you have an emergency fund hiding in plain sight. Every dollar you personally contributed, not the ...

Roth IRA contributions come out tax-free and penalty-free at any age; custodians like Charles Schwab (SCHW) track your basis on Form 5498. IRS ordering rules under IRC Section 408A always pull ...