These pages are part of our free online Guide to Roth Retirement Accounts. This section deals with the choice between traditional retirement accounts and Roth accounts.
Our book: Go Roth! provides a complete, authoritative, plain language explanation of rules and strategies for all types of Roth accounts.
Roth IRA Rules of Thumb
When in doubt go with the Roth: it’s usually the right decision.
Roth Accounts Are Bigger
A Roth account is effectively bigger than a comparable traditional account. For most people, this is the main reason to choose a Roth.
Advantages of Conversion
Here are the main advantages of converting a traditional IRA to a Roth IRA.