Ask a Fool: What Is the Best Way to Pay Income Taxes on Your 401(k) and IRA?

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September 16, 2013 | Comments (0)

In this video as part of The Motley Fool's "Ask a Fool" series, our senior advisor to the Fool's Rule Your Retirement service, Robert Brokamp, takes a question from a Fool reader, who asks, "Should you pay the income taxes owed from your traditional 401(k) and/or IRA with funds from your Roth 401(k) and/or Roth IRA when you're 70.5 years or older?"

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