# IRAs : ROTH vs Traditional

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**Created:** [September 30, 2005, 8:53am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/iras-roth-vs-traditional/2903 "2005-09-30T08:53:22Z")\
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**Author:** ![chino](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/bcef8e/32.png) [@chino](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/chino)\
**Post date:** [September 30, 2005, 10:29am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/iras-roth-vs-traditional/2903/2 "2005-09-30T10:29:04Z")

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man people reading this board for the first time must think we’re all old fucks talking about retirement plans

yea you’re correct, roth ira’s are post tax, and can be withdrawn from at any point.

i believe traditional IRA’s are tax based on the interest you receive on them only

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