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Roth IRAs Make Great Estate Planning Tools (2006-09-25)
by David John Marotta
If the tax-free growth of a Roth IRA wasn�t enough to wet your appetite, the estate planning benefits it offers should seal the deal. Bequeathing a Roth is much the same as setting up a life-time tax-free stream of income for your heirs. Because Uncle Sam has already taken his cut of the principal when you put the money in, withdrawals from a Roth can be made tax-free, either by you or by your beneficiaries. All this happens simply by naming the appropriate beneficiaries for your Roth.
Read the complete column at http://www.emarotta.com/article.php?ID=197
David John Marotta
Marotta Asset Management, Inc.
Fee-only Financial Planning
http://www.emarotta.com
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