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smb101750
Feb 11, 2012, 01:08 PM
Last year my wife and I had three sources of income: 1) an IRA distribution, 2) Unemployment Compensation, and 3) Social Security. We would like to make a regular IRA contribution. Do we have "qualifying income"?

ebaines
Feb 13, 2012, 07:44 AM
No - you cannot contribute more than your "taxable compensation" - which includes such things as wages, tips, commissions, and self employment income. It appears you had no taxable compensation in 2011, so you cannot make a contribution to your IRA.