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Many employers now offer Roth 401(k) retirement accounts in addition to traditional 401(k) plans, giving employees another avenue to save for retirement. What is the distinction between the two accounts? Should you consider establishing a Roth?
We’ll look at how Roth 401(k) plans compared to traditional 401(k) plans work, their rules, and what to think about before making contributions and withdrawals to one.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In 2006, the Roth 401(k) account made its debut in the retirement investment world. It is an employer-sponsored investment savings account that allows employees to save for retirement with after-tax money. It was created by a section of the Economic Growth and Tax Relief Reconciliation Act of 2001<\/a> and is modeled after the Roth IRA.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

What Is Roth 401(k)?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

A Roth 401(k) is a type of employer-sponsored retirement savings plans funded with after-tax earnings.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

That is, income tax is paid immediately on earnings withdrawn from each paycheck and placed into the retirement account by the employee. Withdrawals from the account will be tax-free after the employee retires.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This is in contrast to a traditional 401(k) plan, which is funded with pretax dollars. The payroll deduction is deducted from the employee’s gross compensation. Only when the money is taken from the account will income taxes be due.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Many, but not all, employers that provide 401(k) plans provide both Roth and traditional 401(k) alternatives.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Participants in 403(b) plans are also able to open a Roth IRA.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Although the option to contribute to a Roth 401(k) was due to expire at the end of 2010, the Pension Protection Act of 2006 extended the option.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Benefits of a Roth 401(k) Plans<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

The advantages of a Roth 401(k) plans are largely dependent on your point of view. From the standpoint of the government, it generates current revenue in the form of tax dollars. This is in contrast to a traditional 401(k), where investors receive a tax deduction for their contributions. Because of this deduction, funds that would otherwise be lost to the IRS remain in the account tax-deferred until withdrawn.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

From the investor’s standpoint, the account is expected to expand over time, and money that would have been lost to taxes would instead work for the investor for all of those years. Because the tax deferral stops when the money is removed from the account, the government also wants those assets to increase. In effect, the government provides you a tax credit now in the hopes that there will be more money to tax later.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Roth 401(k) works in the opposite direction. Money earned today is taxed today. If you deposit this after-tax money into your Roth, withdrawals after the age of 59 1\/2 will be tax-free if the account has been funded for at least five years. Investors are drawn to the idea of tax-free money during retirement.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The thought of tax revenues being paid today rather than postponed appeals to the government. It’s so appealing that lawmakers have proposed replacing traditional tax-deductible IRAs with accounts like the Roth 401(k) and Roth IRA.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Factors for Consideration <\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Several reasons may influence your decision to open a Roth 401(k).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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  1. Your firm may not provide the Roth 401(k). Companies are free to opt out, and in order to offer such a plan, employers must set up a tracking system to separate Roth assets from the company’s present plan. This could be an expensive prospect, and your employer may decide against it.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  2. Unlike Roth IRAs, Roth 401(k) participants are compelled to take minimum distributions at the age of 72, forcing investors to take distributions even if they don’t need or want them.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  3. Rolling over to a Roth IRA can escape the distribution requirement, but it is an administrative nuisance, and legislators can modify the rules at any time to prohibit such transfers.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  4. Having both accounts allows you to withdraw funds from tax-free and\/or tax-deferred accounts, which can help you manage your taxable income in retirement.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  5. Any employer matching contributions made to your Roth 401(k) must be put into a traditional 401(k) account.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n

    Roth 401(k) Plans Withdrawal Rules<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

    A Roth 401(k) withdrawal rules are not as flexible as those of a Roth IRA.<\/p>\n\n\n\n