Jamie is 42 years old and received a $20,000 distribution for his roth ira established in 2009. at the time of distribution, the roth ira account totaled 33,748: $18,000 regular contributions, $10,000 taxable conversion contributions made in 2014, and 5,748 earnings. how much of his distribution is taxable and subject to the early distribution penalty?

The rules for the Roth early distribution are as follows : Unless an exception applies, most distributions from a Roth IRA before the owner reaches age 59 1/2 will be subject to an "early withdrawal penalty" of 10% on the amount of the distribution. This is IF a person has kept the amount in the account for his required five year tax period rule. If this condition has been met, the total penalty would be $ 2000.00