Question

Jessica retired at age 65. On the date of her retirement, the balance in her traditional IRA was $218,000. Over the years, Jessica had made $21,800 of nondeductible contributions and $69,000 of deductible contributions to the account. If Jessica receives a $68,000 distribution from the IRA on the date of retirement, what amount of the distribution is taxable?
and its not 51000

Answer 1

Answer:

The amount of the distribution that is taxable is $61,200.

Explanation:

The following are given in the question:

Balance in IRA = $218,000

Nondeductible contributions = $21,800

Amount of distribution received = $68,000

Therefore, we have:

Nondeductible portion = Nondeductible contributions / Balance in IRA = $21,800 / $218,000 = 0.10

Taxable portion = 1 - Nondeductible portion = 1 - 0.10 = 0.90

Taxable amount = Taxable portion * Amount of distribution received = 0.90 * $68,000 = $61,200

Therefore, the amount of the distribution that is taxable is $61,200.