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Convertion of tradional IRA to Roth IRA

By Terry Savage on April 10, 2026 | Financial Planning / Retirement

HI Terry,
How does a person calculate the most tax efficient schedule of how much to convert per year from a traditional IRA to a Roth IRA? Is there a formula?

Terry Says

Read this: https://www.terrysavage.com/roth-conversions-2/

You have correctly intuited that this is a complex process. And this is the only way I know all those considerations — from the tax impact, the Medicare Premium impact, the future tax-free growth aspect, the losing liquidity by paying taxes now aspect — all of that plays a role in this decision. No guesswork!

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