Re: Roth conversion taxes.

From: Rich Carreiro <rlcarr@animato.pn.com>
Subject: Re: Roth conversion taxes.
Date: Fri, 23 Oct 1998 08:46:21 -0400

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>p.s. I'm in a worse situation, I converted $X on July 21 which is now about
>$(0.85*X)  :-(.  Do I take advantage of the 4 year spread which means that some
>would be taxed at 28% and most at 31% or do I unconvert and convert in Jan 1999

Why not "unconvert" (it's actually called "recharacterization") today
and "reconvert" tomorrow (well, it's not quite that quick, but it
can easily be done before the year ends?

See www.fairmark.com or www.rothira.com for more info on
this.

Rich Carreiro
rlcarr@animato.pn.com
P5-100/RedHat Linux 4.1

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