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MOVING YOUR IRA FUNDS WHILE TAKING RMDS? PROCEED WITH CAUTION
By Sarah Brenner, JD IRA Analyst Are you looking for a better investment for your IRA? Are you thinking about making the move to another IRA custodian or financial advisor? You do have this opportunity. The IRA rules are set up to allow portability. However, if you...
EDBS IN DETAIL: MINORS, DISABLED AND CHRONICALLY ILL
By Andy Ives, CFP®, AIF® IRA Analyst For those who inherit IRA accounts in 2020 or later, the SECURE Act permits five groups of people to stretch required minimum distribution (RMD) payments over their life expectancy. As I touched on in a recent Slott Report article...
THE SECURE ACT AND RMDS: TODAY’S SLOTT REPORT MAILBAG
By Ian Berger, JD IRA Analyst Question: Hi Ed, Question on the new SECURE Act: Do you know if there were any changes to the payout period if an estate is the beneficiary of an IRA. Is it still a 5-year payout? Or is it now 10? Thanks, appreciate your help. Janet...
SECURE ACT GIVES 401(K) RELIEF TO PART-TIMERS
By Ian Berger, JD IRA Analyst Part-time employees in companies with 401(k) plans won a big victory when the SECURE Act was signed into law on December 20, 2019. Before the SECURE Act, 401(k) plans could exclude employees if they did not work at least 1,000 hours of...
IRA ROLLOVERS AND INHERITED IRAS: TODAY’S SLOTT REPORT MAILBAG
By Sarah Brenner, JD IRA Analyst Question: According to the IRS website: Beginning in 2015, you can make only one rollover from an IRA to another (or the same) IRA in any 12-month period, regardless of the number of IRAs you own (Announcement 2014-15 and Announcement...
THE SECURE ACT RUINS A PERFECTLY GOOD QCD
By Andy Ives, CFP®, AIF® IRA Analyst As we gradually peel back the layers of this legislative onion called the SECURE Act, more and more discoveries come to light. One revelation is how qualified charitable distributions (QCDs) are potentially affected. Could a QCD...
SECURE ACT ATTEMPTS TO ADVANCE ANNUITIES IN COMPANY SAVINGS PLANS – PART 2: PORTABILITY AND BENEFIT STATEMENT ILLUSTRATIONS
By Ian Berger, JD IRA Analyst The new SECURE Act contains three provisions that are designed to promote annuities in company savings plans. The January 8, 2020 Slott Report described the first of these three changes – new protection for companies if the insurance...
2020 LIFE TABLES AND RMDS: TODAY’S SLOTT REPORT MAILBAG
By Andy Ives, CFP®, AIF® IRA Analyst Question: Hoping you might be able to offer some guidance. We have a client who has two IRA accounts. The client is 80 years of age. He wants to convert the full amount in one of his IRA accounts to a Roth. The IRS says that...
TOP 10 THINGS YOU NEED TO KNOW ABOUT THE NEW SECURE ACT AND YOUR RETIREMENT ACCOUNT
By Sarah Brenner, JD IRA Analyst On December 20, 2019 the Setting Every Community Up for Retirement Enhancement (SECURE) Act was signed into law. This new law includes some big changes for your retirement account. Here are the top 10 things you need to know: No more...
THE STRETCH ON A STRETCHER
By Andy Ives, CFP®, AIF® IRA Analyst The stretch IRA is on a stretcher and paramedics just loaded it into an ambulance. It is on life support. Prognosis: negative. For most new beneficiaries, the stretch will not survive. The SECURE Act is the perpetrator, and it...
THE SECURE ACT’S IMPACT ON QUALIFIED CHARITABLE DISTRIBUTIONS AND REQUIRED MINIMUM DISTRIBUTIONS: TODAY’S SLOTT REPORT MAILBAG
By Ian Berger, JD IRA Analyst Question: I turn 70 1/2 in 2020. Since I do not have to take a required minimum distribution (RMD), how much can I do in a qualified charitable distribution (QCD) this year? Ronnie Answer: Hi Ronnie, Even though you won’t have an RMD for...
SECURE ACT ATTEMPTS TO ADVANCE ANNUITIES IN COMPANY SAVINGS PLANS – PART 1: PROTECTION FOR PLAN SPONSORS
By Ian Berger, JD IRA Analyst There are three new provisions in the recently enacted SECURE Act designed to promote annuities in company savings plans. That explains why insurance companies lobbied so hard for passage of the legislation. The three provisions are: New...
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