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In simplest terms, it is a privately held retirement plan which rewards you for doing something that you should be doing anyway....saving for your old age.
- Social Security is mandatory. An IRA is voluntary.
- With Social Security, your contributions are mandatory. With an IRA, you control how much you contribute.
- With an IRA, you choose what you want your money invested in and your contributions are tax exempt.
- With an IRA you can designate one or more beneficiaries, and leave it to whomever you choose.
- Social Security pays barely enough to survive, which is why many retirees have part-time jobs to make ends meet. A properly managed IRA can set you up in comfort for your Golden Years, that is, if you have enough extra income to contribute.
- There is one catch. If you take your money out of the IRA before retirement you will pay a 37% penalty for early withdrawal. There is also a Roth IRA in which the contributions are made after income taxes are paid and the money can be withdrawn at any time, tax free.
- A regular IRA is not tax free, but it is tax deferred. By deferring the taxes until retirement age, the investment grows at a much faster rate. I began mine at age 25, and I wish I had done it at 18, but how many 18-year-olds think about retirement?
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