<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1"> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.6000.16525" name=GENERATOR></HEAD> <BODY> <DIV><SPAN class=953224612-05102007><FONT face="Comic Sans MS" color=#0000ff size=2>Start at </FONT></SPAN><A href="http://www.irs.gov/businesses/small/index.html"><FONT face="Comic Sans MS" size=2>http://www.irs.gov/businesses/small/index.html</FONT></A><FONT face="Comic Sans MS"><FONT color=#0000ff><FONT size=2> <SPAN class=953224612-05102007>to access IRS online info for small business owners.</SPAN></FONT></FONT></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face="Comic Sans MS"><FONT color=#0000ff><FONT size=2><SPAN class=953224612-05102007></SPAN></FONT></FONT></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face="Comic Sans MS"><FONT color=#0000ff><FONT size=2><SPAN class=953224612-05102007>Note the link to "e-News for Small Business" under "Small Business/Self-Employed Topics, in the left column.  I have found it to be a useful publication.</SPAN></FONT></FONT></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face="Comic Sans MS"><FONT color=#0000ff><FONT size=2><SPAN class=953224612-05102007></SPAN></FONT></FONT></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face="Comic Sans MS"><FONT color=#0000ff><FONT size=2><SPAN class=953224612-05102007>Annie Grieshop</SPAN></FONT></FONT></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face="Comic Sans MS"><FONT color=#0000ff><FONT size=2><SPAN class=953224612-05102007>who has no love for the IRS but surely appreciates their non-collections outreach <g></SPAN></FONT></FONT></FONT></DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE dir=ltr style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #0000ff 2px solid; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px"> <DIV class=OutlookMessageHeader dir=ltr align=left><FONT face=Tahoma size=2>-----Original Message-----<BR><B>From:</B> brittanykirk272@comcast.net [mailto:brittanykirk272@comcast.net]<BR><B>Sent:</B> Friday, October 05, 2007 2:42 AM<BR><B>To:</B> PTG questions<BR><B>Subject:</B> Self-employed techs<BR><BR></FONT></DIV> <DIV>If you invest in an IRA, is the amount you invested exempt from income tax AND self-employment tax?</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Brittney.</DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>