Question about buying long-term individual bonds in my Roth IRA.

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explodingdust
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Question about buying long-term individual bonds in my Roth IRA.

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I am interested in buying individual bonds instead of ETFs/mutual funds for my Roth IRA with TD Ameritrade. My question is what are the tax consequences of this? I know investments that you have in a Roth IRA are supposed to be tax-free, but does this include individual bonds as well? There was one bond I was looking at, but on the page under tax status it says "taxable", so I'm not sure what this means. HELP!
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Re: Question about buying long-term individual bonds in my Roth IRA.

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You are a-ok.  Any gains or income within a Roth are tax-free if you obey the distribution rules.
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