A popular suggestion on PF is to max out $5500 in the Roth IRA each tax year.
I am a young foreign national working in the US, hoping to return to my home country in the next X years, where X is uncertain at the moment.
Is it a good idea to max out Roth IRA while I live here and leave the money in there even after I have moved back, hoping to withdraw it after I retire? In other words, does PF think maxing out Roth IRA is not that great an idea (relative to other possible investments towards retirement I could be making) if I don't intend to live in the US permanently?
Does the answer to the above question change depending on the value of X say, 3, 5, 10, 20? Does the answer change on my immigration status or whether I am a green card holder or not?
If it is relevant, my home country is India.
Thanks in advance!
Submitted January 12, 2017 at 06:01AM by bluesquare21 http://ift.tt/2jaSWSR
