Individual Income Taxes
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ISBN: 9780357109731
Author: Hoffman
Publisher: CENGAGE LEARNING - CONSIGNMENT
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Chapter 19, Problem 7DQ
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State whether the 31-year-old self-employed single women should establish a traditional deductible IRA, a traditional non-deductible IRA, or a Roth IRA.
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