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Two Cents: What the Heck Is an IRA?

6 minutes 26 seconds

Now Playing As: Captioned (English) (change)

What if there were a way to dodge taxes on a chunk of one's paycheck? Or how about an investment opportunity that will never pay a penny of taxes on the growth no matter how big it gets? Sound too good to be true? This is the amazing tax shelter of the IRA. Part of the "Two Cents" series.

Media Details

Runtime: 6 minutes 26 seconds

Topic: Business
Subtopic: Consumer Education, Finance and Banking
Grade/Interest Level: 7 - 12
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Release Year: 2019
Producer/Distributor: PBS Digital Studios
Series: Two Cents
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Man speaks to us while gesturing with his hands, standing before a blue lace-like patterned digital background.

Stack of papers sits on top of a wood surface. The top document titled, "The Wizard (Lawyer)" shows a long-haired character with pointy ears, holding a staff, next to text that describes their character.

Digital art. A hand holding cash reaches out towards an old man and woman smiling and looking at the cash.

Man wearing a chef's uniform stands in front of a red food truck decorated with hot dogs with a worker standing at the order window. Next to him is a label that reads, 25%.

Woman explains a photo next to her depicting a civil rights protest. In the photo is a crowd of people holding hands, marching, and holding signs. One sign says, “End segregated rules in public schools.” Another says, “We demand voting rights now!” Another says, “Jobs for all now!”

Infographic shows a cartoon man on vacation looking over at a set of numbers under the header "Compound interest calculator." The infographic identifies an annual addition of $4,420, a 7% interest rate, and a resulting $25,891 after ten years.

Mustachioed man wearing a zip-up hoodie talks to us, while on the right a cool dude wearing sunglasses, braces, and a lei points at himself with thumbs up.

Man speaks to us while gesturing with his hands, standing before a blue crosshatch-patterned digital background.

Infographic shows a nervous emoji with one thought cloud that says "Sell! Sell! Sell!" and another thought cloud that contains the symbols of Bitcoin and Tesla. Arrow leads from the emoji to the label "10 years."