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Avoid This Trap When Using a Roth IRA to Pay For College

Paying for college is challenging enough. Paying for college while saving for retirement can be nearly impossible. There is only so much money to go around. Roth IRAs can be a great way to bridge the gap between paying for college and saving for your own retirement. But be careful to avoid this trap that could cost you in lost financial aid dollars.
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Can I Claim IRA Fees as a Tax Deduction?

This week's Slott Report Mailbag, proudly sponsored by GoldCo Precious Metals, answers questions on claiming IRA fees as a tax deduction and whether or not you should have a separate Roth IRA for every conversion.
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Do I HAVE to Take Distributions From My Traditional IRA?

This week's Slott Report Mailbag, proudly sponsored by GoldCo Precious Metals, includes questions on some key IRA principles - taking IRA distributions, handling an inherited IRA as a non-spouse beneficiary and navigating required minimum distributions (RMDs).
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IRA help

My husbands brother died recently. He was never married and had no children. He left his IRA to his mother...
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