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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Ask a Fool: What Is the Best Way to Pay Income Taxes on Your 401(k) and IRA?
By Robert Brokamp
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Sep 16, 2013 at 5:23PM
How should you be paying for taxes owed on your retirement accounts?
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