Individual Retirement Accounts (IRAs)

You are eligible to establish a Traditional IRA if you have earned income/reportable compensation regardless of your age.

Features: 

• Earnings remain tax deferred until you make withdrawals from your account.
• Deductibility of your contribution is based on whether you or your spouse is an active participant in an employer’s sponsored retirement plan. If you are an active participant, the deductible amount is dependent on your modified adjusted gross income (MAGI). Your tax professional can help you determine your actual deduction.
• You can withdraw funds from your IRA without a 10% premature distribution IRS penalty after you reach 59½.

Annual contribution limits in any combination of Traditional and Roth IRAs are:

Call us at 877-668-2265 or speak to your tax advisor to learn more about IRAs, including “catch-up” provisions.

You are eligible to contribute to a Roth IRA if you or your spouse has compensation below the limits for the tax year. For single filers, the limits are under $161,000 for 2024 and under $153,000 for 2023. For joint filers, the limits are under $240,000 for 2024 and under $228,000 for 2023.

Features:

• You cannot take a tax deduction for any contribution that you make to a Roth IRA. However, when you make a withdrawal, you pay no taxes on any of the earnings that your contributions have generated, provided you take the earnings as part of a “qualified distribution”.
• To fulfill the IRS’s Roth IRA Qualified Distribution requirements, you must meet a five-year holding period for your Roth IRA. This period begins as of the first day of tax year for which your first Roth contribution is made anywhere. After that, any Roth IRA earnings you withdraw for a “Qualified Distribution” reason listed below are income tax free and IRS penalty tax free.
• Qualified distribution reasons are:
  • Made on or after the date on which you attain age 59½
  • Made to the beneficiary (or your estate) upon your death
  • Attributable to your being totally and medically certified disabled
  • Qualifying “first-time” home purchase (up to a $10,000 lifetime limit)

Annual contribution rates in any combination of Traditional and Roth IRAs are:

Call us at 877-668-2265 or speak to your tax advisor to learn more about Roth IRAs.

If you have one or more retirement plans that you’ve left behind at previous jobs, a Brookline Bank representative will be happy to help you consolidate your accounts in one place for easier management.

Features:

• Rollover IRAs all you to consolidate funds from past employers’ plans, such as 401(k), in one place.
• Assets in a Rollover IRA maintain tax-deferred status.

Call us at 877-668-2265 if you are interested in a Rollover IRA. We make it easy!