Date: Sun, 14 Dec 2003 18:00:37 CST
From: russ@russ.net (Russ)
Newsgroups: misc.invest.financial-plan
Subject:  Re: Roth IRA question
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Oops.  So what's going to happen to my wife's direct deposit to the
Roth IRA account I opened at E-Trade?  The first one is scheduled for
tomorrow.

"Ed J"  wrote in message news:<3fdbe45b_4@news1.prserv.net>...
> Each person has there OWN Roth account.  Each person
> can contribute the max allowable each year into their
> account.  With your example,  you can put in $3000 into
> your acct and you wife can put in $3000 into her acct.
> There is no mixing of accounts.
> 
> -- 
> Ed J                         kej42a at attglobal dot net
>       Remove '_s' to reply from newsgroup
> "Russ"  wrote in message
> news:a586d8cf.0312131516.a5bdfb@posting.google.com...
> > Is the annual limit for contributions to a Roth IRA $3000 per person
> > or $3000 per married couple?  Can we both contribute $3000/ea?  We
> > qualify for the < $150K annual income for married filing jointly.  If
> > we both contribute, can we both contribute to the same Roth IRA?  If
> > it's $3000 per person, how do they figure out which of us contributed
> > what $?
> >