Open a Roth IRA for Your Child
Here’s a very good idea to consider – if you have a teenager who has a part-time job, rather than putting those earnings solely into a savings account (or worse, a car), open a Roth IRA. The money contributed to this account will mostly be tax free, since the first $5,700 (2009 figures) of earned income is not taxed for a single filer that is a dependent of another.
Since contributions to the Roth IRA are “after tax”, the first $5,000 earned (for 2009 and 2010) and the future earnings on that income will never be taxed if contributed to…
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