Named for its legislative sponsor, William V. Roth Jr., Republican senator from Delaware, the Roth IRA became available in 1998 as part of the Tax Relief Act of 1997.Mr. Roth served as a senator from 1971 to 2001.enefits. The IRS requires that you take minimum distributions from a Traditional IRA beginning at age 70 1/2, whether you need them or not. You never have to remove assets from your Roth IRA if you don't need them.
Info on the 2017 USPS Postage Rate Increase. The U.S. Postal Service (USPS) will implement new postage rates for several mailing and shipping products on Sunday, January 22, 2017. Summary of the 2017 Postage Rate Increase: First Class Mail Letters (1 oz.) rates will increase from $0.47 to $0.49 when purchased at the Post Office. Each additional ounce will cost $0.21.
If your sending letters to people all over the country, your postage cost will be between 21 cents each and 27 cents each. These bulk mail rates are for letter size mail (up to 6.125 x 11.5 landscape only, if you turn it into a portrait orientation it becomes a flat and your postage will increase). You get up to 3.3 ounces for standard rate mail! First class mail postage cost is calculated by the ounce so be careful to check the weight first. If you are sending flats standard rate, your postage cost will be about 34 cents to 49 cents per piece depending on your list.