Earned income is not bank interest or dividends or a pension or life insurance proceeds or an insurance settlement or an inheritance or withdrawals of defined-contribution plan assets, including IRA withdrawals.
That said, the most-common form of earned income is a wage or salary. Annual contributions to an IRA must be completely offset by earned income.
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