Thanks for the idea Nickie. (Certainly got me thin
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Spent some time at IRS.gov to refresh the memory. Not a tax expert/advisor and too cheap to get one so am forced to spend a good deal of time there.
There are quite a few caveats of course - but one really caught my attention: 'A separate 5-year period applies to each conversion and rollover.' So basically there are two 5-year rules for Roth funds- 1) for regular contributions (which for most folks starts the clock Jan 1 of the year the account is opened) and 2) for each conversion/roll-over, their respective clocks start Jan 1 of the year they occured.
(Sorry to break into the more pertinent CYDY conversations- but thought that might be worth a wink to someone.)