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- From: thad@cup.portal.com (Thad P Floryan)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.att,comp.sys.novell,misc.invest
- Subject: Re: What good is a non-deductible IRA?
- Message-ID: <72367@cup.portal.com>
- Date: Thu, 24 Dec 92 16:43:55 PST
- Organization: The Portal System (TM)
- Distribution: usa
- References: <1hddvvINNa87@tamsun.tamu.edu> <24DEC199215511582@csa1.lbl.gov>
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- Has this newsgroup, comp.sys.att, been renamed "comp.sys.irs" ?? :-)
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- In any event ...
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- In article <24DEC199215511582@csa1.lbl.gov> schindler@csa1.lbl.gov writes:
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- | In article <1hddvvINNa87@tamsun.tamu.edu>, tpradeep@cs.tamu.edu (Pradeep K
- | Tapadiya) writes...
- | >
- | >But many growth funds offer a plan to automatically reinvest the capital
- | >gains. As long as I don't receive any cash in hand, I don't pay any taxes.
- | >Thus my earnings are tax-deferred without even having an IRA.
- | >
- | >Pradeep
- |
- | Yikes! Stop the presses, Pradeep. Capital gains distributions are taxable.
- | I'd advise filing amended returns if you have neglected to declare this
- | income in the past.
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- Especially if you've received any 1099-XXX (where "XXX" = "DIV", "MISC", etc)
- and ESPECIALLY if you've received any Forms 2468 from them. You'll have to do
- special things regarding receipt of a Form 2468 ("Undistributed Capital Gains")
- .
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- Thad Floryan [ thad@btr.com, thad@cup.portal.com ]
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