08/18/2021
Created by congress more than 20 years ago, the Roth Individual Retirement Account (or Roth IRA) is a type of retirement savings account. An article in ProPublica recently revealed that PayPal founder Peter Thiel’s Roth IRA has grown from $2,000 to $5 billion over 20 years. Though astronomical growth like this is usually only possible if you have access to the kinds of stock deals available to Theil and other wealthy investors like him, the average American can still benefit from using a Roth IRA for stashing and growing retirement savings. In fact, in the first quarter of 2020, the average IRA balance (including traditional and Roth IRAs) was $98,900.
The Roth IRA is a powerful tool you can use to stash and grow retirement savings. In this article, we’ll take a closer look at the tax benefits of the Roth IRA as well as income and contribution limits for the 2021 tax year.