IRA or Individual Retirement Account arrangements let you secure some money for your times after retirement. It is a type of saving for your future that will come handy after your retirement. There are various types of IRAs like Roth, Traditional and Rollover IRA.

IRA or Individual Investment Account/ Arrangements let you secure some money for your times after retirement.

Through an IRA, a person can save money for his after-retirement life, on which no tax is applied. This account is set up in a financial institution.

• Roth IRA. Through Roth IRA you can save tax-free money. You have to pay taxes for the money that you deposit into the Roth, so when your money grows, it is tax-free. Even during withdrawal, no tax is required to be paid.
• Traditional IRA. In Traditional individual retirement account, you deposit money for which, currently, you will not have to pay any tax. So, the amount you deposit into the account will be tax-free and it will grow until you make a withdrawal from it. Upon withdrawal, you may be charged a reduced sum of tax on that amount as that will be considered as your current income.
• Rollover IRA. Rollover IRA is like Traditional IRA, but it is mostly used by those who have transferred from their jobs or retired after a qualified retirement plan that they acquired during their tenure in their former company. The accumulated assets, such as 401 (k) or 403 (b), can be transferred from their former plans to the current IRA.

Traditional and Roth IRAs both allow the people who are planning to retire, a safe way to keep money stored for the future. Roth IRAs let people store money in their accounts which grows tax-free, but in Traditional IRA accounts, one has to pay tax upon withdrawal, depending on the withdrawal amount. Traditional IRAs may charge the tax applicable for income or depending upon certain criteria, apply lesser tax. Upon withdrawal in Traditional and Rollover IRAs, both, tax is applicable because the retirement savings is considered to be as income.

Rollovers are also known as SEP or SIMPLE IRA. Even though they are ‘rolled over’ from precious plans, the person has to contribute the amount individually after he or she has left the company. IRAs are a great way to manage tax. If one’s income or savings fall under the lowest levels, then one can save some good amount on tax, and if possible, make tax-free withdrawals.

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