The only thing they have to pay on that is a regular interest charge to the IMF as a fee for the conversion of the currency,"

VOA: standard.2009.04.20

After you pay conversion taxes at 2012 rates, growth in your Roth IRA will be tax-free for life.

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An open question: whether Mr. Slott will pay his conversion taxes at this year's top rate of 35% or elect a one-time deferral into tax years 2011 and 2012.

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The Facebook COO also set aside more than 15.8 million shares, about 47% of her converted shares, to pay for taxes upon conversion of her RSUs into stock.

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