Roth IRA earnings may be withdrawn tax-free if your Roth IRA has been established for at least five years and one of the following apply:

One feature of the Roth IRA is that account holder is allowed to remove his/her annual contributions at any time, tax and penalty free. You must satisfy two conditions to remove converted or contributed funds from your Roth IRA without tax or penalty. First, your Roth IRA must be established for 5 years. See similar questions...

Well... YES! You must declare the money you receive from the Pay-Bar companies on your Income-Tax just as you would any other monies you earn. Of course, if you don't pay taxes, or live "off-shore".... Seriously though, I would recommend that you declare you Pay-Bar income. See similar questions...

A ROTH IRA is an individual retirement account established by individuals that provides tax-free income after 5 years and age 59-1/2. See similar questions...

You can't contribute to a Roth IRA for a year with income above $110,000 if single or $160,000 on a joint return. You must have earnings from personal services-$4,000 or more to make the (maximum) contribution - though an additional contribution of $1,000 is allowed persons age 50 and over. The $4,000 amount for earnings and contributions rises higher after 2007. See similar questions...

You can "re-characterize" your Roth IRA to a Traditional IRA (with suitable paperwork). This eliminates the Roth IRA and the tax. The deadline is the tax return due date including extensions. See similar questions...

Rollover - A distribution from a traditional IRA can be contributed to a Roth IRA within 60 days after distribution. Trustee-to-trustee transfer - The financial institution holding the traditional IRA assets will provide directions on how to transfer those assets to a Roth IRA with another financial institution. See similar questions...

No - Neither IRA losses nor IRA gains are taken into account on a participant's tax return while the IRA is on-going. See similar questions...

Before the age of 59 1/2, withdrawals from your IRA account would incur a 10% penalty on top of any taxes owed. However, there are several exceptions to be able to withdraw from an IRA without penalty: a series of substantially equal periodic payments, made at least annually, to a Traditional IRA owner (inapplicable to Roth IRAs). Payment of medical insurance premiums after the IRA owner has received unemployment compensation for more than 12 weeks. See similar questions...

The amount you pay in taxes will be reduced when you open an IRA account depending on the amount of the contribution and your tax rate. The following table presents several examples: See similar questions...

Yes, you can. But remember that you can only contribute up to $3,000 per year to any combination of Traditional and Roth IRAs that you have. You cannot contribute $3,000 to each. See similar questions...

If your income falls below a certain limit, you can convert any amount in your Rollover or regular IRA to a Roth IRA. Caution: You must pay taxes on any amounts converted from your Rollover or regular IRA to a ROTH IRA. Maybe. Your converted retirement funds in your Roth IRA will grow tax free as opposed to growing on a tax-deferred basis. In essence, you stop the tax clock by paying your taxes today on your retirement funds for the benefit of withdrawing your money tax-free tomorrow. See similar questions...

No. You can convert several IRAs – SEP, Simple IRA, regular IRA or Rollover IRA– to a Roth IRA as long as your modified adjusted gross income is below $100,000 See similar questions...

You can contribute up to $4,000 ($4,500 if you are age 50 or older in 2005 and $5,000 if you are age 50 or older in 2006) or up to 100% of your compensation whichever is less. If you are eligible to do so, you may contribute to both a Traditional IRA and a Roth IRA in the same year, but the total amount you contribute cannot exceed the annual limits. Roth IRA contributions are not tax deductible. See similar questions...

Money can be withdrawn at any time. However, earnings included in distributions taken prior to age 59 ? may be subject to both income tax and a 10% federal penalty tax, as shown below in the next question. Conversion amounts may also be subject to the 10% penalty. See similar questions...

There are three different tax treatments for distributions of earnings from Roth IRAs. The distribution is either: The income tax applies to all withdrawals of earnings made before the "Five-Year Holding Period" is satisfied even if the Roth IRA owner is over 59 1/2, disabled, dies or uses the distribution for a first home purchase. See similar questions...

Yes, generally under the same terms as traditional IRAs. Also, ordinary income tax is somewhat less likely, or may be smaller in amount, than with traditional IRAs. See similar questions...