http://www.iraroth.net/2009/12/when-converting-from-a-rollover-ira-to-a-roth-ira-is-the-money-from-the-401k-rollover-non-deductable/ IRA Questions and Answers Thu, 20 Oct 2011 14:36:38 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://www.iraroth.net/2009/12/when-converting-from-a-rollover-ira-to-a-roth-ira-is-the-money-from-the-401k-rollover-non-deductable/comment-page-1/#comment-184 Steve Wed, 16 Dec 2009 11:49:41 +0000 http://www.iraroth.net/2009/12/when-converting-from-a-rollover-ira-to-a-roth-ira-is-the-money-from-the-401k-rollover-non-deductable/#comment-184 What you need to figure out is whether any of the original contributions to the 401k were after tax dollars. If they were, they would not be taxable on the Roth conversion. Your 401k statement will usually seperate pre and after tax contributions. If all of the contributions to the original 401k were pretax dollars than the total amount of the conversion is taxable in the year of the conversion. What you need to figure out is whether any of the original contributions to the 401k were after tax dollars. If they were, they would not be taxable on the Roth conversion. Your 401k statement will usually seperate pre and after tax contributions. If all of the contributions to the original 401k were pretax dollars than the total amount of the conversion is taxable in the year of the conversion.

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