To make qualified distributions from a Roth IRA, you must be at least 59Â½ and it must be at least five years since you first began contributing. And if you converted a regular IRA to a Roth IRA, you can't take out the money penalty-free until at least five years after the conversion.
What is GAINFUL EMPLOYMENT? Condition of the employee receiving consistent work and payment from the employer. What a worker or college graduate seeks to provide consistent, continual income for self and family. Used in ranking colleges or universities as an attribute of the training and education received.
The Social Security Administration (SSA) defines a substantial amount of work, which it calls substantial gainful activity (SGA), as earning $1,090 a month from working (in 2015). Therefore, if you are earning this much from work when you apply for benefits, you will be denied.or example, if you make $1,465 per month, the SSA will subtract $65 (to get $1,400) and then half of the amount over $65 (to get $700). That $700 is your countable income from work, and it will be subtracted from your monthly SSI payment (which is $733 without a state supplement).