25th
A year-old Get Rich Slowly post on an year-old item on my to-do list.
And former Wall Street Journal colunminst Jonathan Clements guest posts on similiar finance blog:
[H]ere’s the sweetener: At any time, you can withdraw your original Roth contributions without triggering taxes and penalties. Let’s say you stash $5,000 in a Roth every year for four years. You could pull out your $20,000 in contributions and, provided you didn’t touch the account’s investment earnings, there shouldn’t be any taxes owed.
That means your Roth could double as your emergency reserve, your house down payment money, your car purchase fund or be used for any other purpose. (There is another provision that allows first-time homebuyers to make tax-free Roth withdrawals. To take advantage of this, the Roth has to be open five years and the amount is limited to $10,000.)
