I have read several places about having your kids earn money for work they do around the house (to give them the earned income needed to contribute to a Roth), and contributing this money (or other money) to their Roth IRA. Is this common practice (and legal)?
Take this one step further. Say I am retired(well, I can dream, can't I?), and want to "divert" some funds to a Roth IRA, but have no j*b, officially, so no earned income. Can I hire my wife for services(whatever that may be ) and contribute to her Roth IRA, and be hired by my wife (to mow the lawn, of course) and contribute to my Roth IRA?
I did some searching and could not find a good answer.
Take this one step further. Say I am retired(well, I can dream, can't I?), and want to "divert" some funds to a Roth IRA, but have no j*b, officially, so no earned income. Can I hire my wife for services(whatever that may be ) and contribute to her Roth IRA, and be hired by my wife (to mow the lawn, of course) and contribute to my Roth IRA?
I did some searching and could not find a good answer.