Hi all–

Just had a tax meeting today in Denmark, and the Danish government like a fair few other governments, recognize 401k/trad IRA investments as retirement, but not Roths. This means you have to pay annual tax on the gains for your Roth, that you can’t touch until you’re 59.5.

This leaves us looking at pulling the money out and eating the tax/penalty. And my questions in case anyone knows are:

  1. is that money income in the US?
  2. is there anything particularly good to do with the money? Beyond the obvious of buying a house (here)
  3. how has no one told us about this in all the posts/threads, financial advisors, etc that Roths are fairly commonly not acknowledged and are absolutely terrible if you plan to leave the US?

Thanks in advance. Sorry for my grumpy tone… I’m certainly grumpy

  • davel [he/him]@lemmy.mlEnglish
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    13 hours ago
    1. how has no one told us about this in all the posts/threads, financial advisors, etc that Roths are fairly commonly not acknowledged and are absolutely terrible if you plan to leave the US?

    Because entering/exiting the US almost never comes up. People don’t cross borders here with anywhere near the frequency that Europeans do.

    • frank@sopuli.xyzOPEnglish
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      12 hours ago

      Fair, I’m just surprised I hadn’t seen it on Reddit, any fire articles, even just a general “be wary”