Build your future on your terms with our IRAs

WesBanco offers traditional Individual Retirement Accounts and Roth IRAs. Take a look at both and find out which one’s right for you. And if you still have questions you’re not alone – that’s why we’re always here to answer them.

Traditional IRAs
Roth IRAs

Traditional IRA

Contributions to a Traditional IRA may be deductible from your current taxable income. You may withdraw money from your Traditional IRA at any time, and the taxable portion of that withdrawal will be taxed as ordinary income. Taxable amounts you withdraw prior to age 59 1/2 may be subject to the IRS 10% early distribution penalty. Traditional IRA account funds may be invested in bank products or non deposit products as directed by the accountholder.

Contributions
If you are under 50 years of age, you may contribute $5,500 or 100% of your earned income per year, whichever is less. If you are age 50 or older, your contribution amount changes to $6,500 or 100% of your earned income per year, whichever is less. You may contribute to a Traditional IRA, a Roth IRA, or a combination of the two. But contributions to a Traditional IRA must be aggregated with Roth IRA contributions to comply with the annual contribution limit.

Spousal Contributions
If you have little or no earned income, are married, and file a joint federal income tax return, you may contribute using the spousal rules. If you and your spouse's combined income is at least $11,000 and you are both under 50 years old, you may each contribute up to $5,500. If you and your spouse's combined income is at least $13,000 and you are both 50 or older, you may each contribute up to $6,500 to a Traditional IRA.

Age Requirement
You can contribute to a Traditional IRA up to the year you turn 70 ½. Once you are in your 70 1/2 year, you can no longer contribute to a Traditional IRA.

Deducting Your Contributions
Your Traditional IRA contribution is fully deductible if you (you and your spouse, if married) are not an active participant(s) in a retirement plan at work, regardless of income level. If you (or your spouse, if married) are covered by a retirement plan at work, your Traditional IRA contribution may still be deductible depending on your income level.

Distributions
You are required to take distributions from your Traditional IRA beginning April 1 of the year following the year you reach age 70 ½ .

Consult your tax adviser regarding eligibility, contributions, and distributions.

Withdrawals may be subject to early withdrawal penalties per investment account contract. Fees may reduce earnings.

WesBanco Bank, Inc. is a Member FDIC.

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Roth IRA

Contributions to a Roth IRA are not deductible from your current taxable income, but if the funds are distributed in a qualified distribution, they are nontaxable. This means the earnings on the Roth IRA are generally nontaxable also. Roth IRA account funds may be invested in bank deposit accounts or in non deposit products as directed by the accountholder.

Contributions
If you are under 50 years of age, you may contribute $5,500 or 100% of your earned income per year, whichever is less. If you are age 50 or older, your contribution amount increases to $6,500 or 100% of your earned income per year, whichever is less. You may contribute to a traditional IRA, a Roth IRA, or a combination of the two. But contributions to a Roth IRA must be aggregated with traditional IRA contributions to comply with the annual contribution limit.

Age Requirements
There is no maximum age for making a Roth IRA contribution; however, contributions must still be based on earned income. You are not required to take distributions from your Roth IRA during your lifetime.

Single Individuals
If you are single, you are eligible for the full Roth IRA contribution if your modified adjusted gross income (MAGI) is $112,000 or less for the year. In 2013, if your MAGI is between $112,000 and $127,000, you can contribute to a Roth IRA, but not the full $5,500 ($6,500 if age 50 or older). If your MAGI is over $127,000, you are not allowed to make a contribution to a Roth IRA for the year.

Married Individuals, Filing Jointly
If you are married and filing a joint federal income tax return, you are eligible for the full Roth IRA contribution if your joint MAGI is under $178,000 for the year. If your joint MAGI is between $178,000 and $188,000 in 2013, you are eligible to contribute to a Roth IRA, but not the full $5,500 ($6,500 if age 50 or older). If your joint MAGI is at least $188,000, you are not allowed to make a Roth IRA contribution for the year.

Withdrawals
A withdrawal from a Roth IRA that is a qualified distribution is not subject to federal income tax and is not subject to the IRS 10% early distribution penalty. A withdrawal is a qualified distribution if it is paid:

To you after you reach age 59 1/2
To you when you are disabled.
To you for a qualifying first-time home purchase.
To your beneficiary after your death.

And is not paid:

During the five taxable year period that begins with the first taxable year that you make a Roth IRA contribution.
If the Roth IRA is a rollover from an IRA other than a Roth IRA, during the five taxable year period that begins with the taxable year that the rollover contribution was made.

The IRS early distribution penalty does not apply to the conversion of a traditional IRA to a Roth IRA.