
Traditional Individual Retirement Accounts (IRA) Certificate of Deposit
Availability:
Any person with earned income who is 18 to 70 1/2 years old.
Minimum Investment:
Varies depending on term of Certificate of Deposit chosen by customer. Ranges from $100.00 to $500.00.
Maximum Investment:
Any working individual under the age of 50 is eligible to contribute $5,000.00 annually or $10,000.00 annually per married couple with only one working spouse. Any working individual age 50 to 70 1/2 is eligible to contribute $6,000. 00 annually or $12,000.00 per married couple with only one working spouse. No limit on amounts transferred or rolled-over from existing IRA's or Qualified Retirement Plans. Contribution
limits aggregated between Roth & Traditional IRAs.
Rates:
Liquidity:
Funds can be withdrawn by individuals 59 1/2 years or older at any time without penalty. Individuals under 59 1/2 years can withdraw without government penalty if all the funds are reinvested in another IRA within 60 days. If the funds are not re-invested, the government imposes a 10% penalty. The bank imposes a penalty for early withdrawal from a certificate.
The IRS offers some exceptions for early withdrawal.
Insurance:
All funds are insured up to $250,000 per individual by FDIC
Uses:
An IRA gives working individuals a simple, tax sheltered way to save for retirement with easy access.
Benefits:
- Contributions may be fully or partially tax deductible depending on income level, marital status, and if the individual participates in an employer sponsored retirement plan.
- Interest earned on IRA's is tax deferred. Federal income tax is not paid on earnings until withdrawn from the IRA.
- Tax deferred investments grow faster than investments made without the benefit of tax deferral.
- Supplements Social Security income after retirement.
- Access to funds at any time. (Individual situations would determine if penalties would be appropriate to distributions.)
