The COVID-19 stimulus (CARES Act) signed by President Trump last week includes some important tax relief for older retirement account owners. First, The required minimum distribution (RMD) rules for Individual Retirement Accounts and 401(k)s are waived for 2020. If you haven’t taken your RMDs for 2020 yet, or have some RMDs left to take, you […]
We are several weeks into the COVID-19 (coronavirus) pandemic. The stock market has been is near free-fall as confusion, panic, and dare say hysteria grip the public. We don’t know how or when this crisis will reach the end of its course. The graph below shows the performance of the S&P 500 from January 1980 […]
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The newly enacted Setting Every Community Up for Retirement Enhancement (“SECURE”) Act made major changes to the distribution rules for inherited IRAs. With few exceptions, the SECURE Act replaced the old life expectancy “stretch” IRA distribution rules with a mandatory 10 year distribution rule. This creates a potential tax trap for certain trusts named as […]
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The Setting Every Community Up for Retirement Enhancement (“SECURE”) Act became law on January 1, 2020. The SECURE Act made major changes to the distribution rules governing inherited IRAs (both traditional and Roth) and company sponsored retirement plan accounts. In general, the Act requires a designated beneficiary of an inherited retirement account to withdraw the […]
As a financial and estate planning technique, the “stretch” IRA allowed the beneficiary of an inherited IRA to take distributions from the IRA over her remaining life expectancy, extending the life and income tax advantages (tax-deferred or tax free growth) of the IRA. For a very young beneficiary, this could have been a virtual lifetime. […]
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COVID-19 Bill Eases Rules for Retirement Accounts.
/in Financial Planning, IRAs, Retirement Accounts, Retirement Planning, Tax Planning, Taxes, Uncategorized /by Tom DelPupThe COVID-19 stimulus (CARES Act) signed by President Trump last week includes some important tax relief for older retirement account owners. First, The required minimum distribution (RMD) rules for Individual Retirement Accounts and 401(k)s are waived for 2020. If you haven’t taken your RMDs for 2020 yet, or have some RMDs left to take, you […]
COVID-19 and Market History.
/in Financial Planning, Uncategorized /by Tom DelPupWe are several weeks into the COVID-19 (coronavirus) pandemic. The stock market has been is near free-fall as confusion, panic, and dare say hysteria grip the public. We don’t know how or when this crisis will reach the end of its course. The graph below shows the performance of the S&P 500 from January 1980 […]
The SECURE Act Sets a Tax Trap for IRA Beneficiary Trusts.
/in Asset Protection, Beneficiary Planning, Estate Planning, Financial Planning, Retirement Planning, Tax Planning, Uncategorized, Wills & Trusts /by Tom DelPupThe newly enacted Setting Every Community Up for Retirement Enhancement (“SECURE”) Act made major changes to the distribution rules for inherited IRAs. With few exceptions, the SECURE Act replaced the old life expectancy “stretch” IRA distribution rules with a mandatory 10 year distribution rule. This creates a potential tax trap for certain trusts named as […]
Taking a Closer Look – The SECURE Act’s “Eligible Designated Beneficiary.”
/in Asset Protection, Beneficiary Planning, Estate Planning, Financial Planning, IRAs, Retirement Accounts, Retirement Planning, Tax Planning, Taxes, Uncategorized /by Tom DelPupThe Setting Every Community Up for Retirement Enhancement (“SECURE”) Act became law on January 1, 2020. The SECURE Act made major changes to the distribution rules governing inherited IRAs (both traditional and Roth) and company sponsored retirement plan accounts. In general, the Act requires a designated beneficiary of an inherited retirement account to withdraw the […]
Considering the Stretch IRA Rules After the SECURE Act.
/in Asset Protection, Beneficiary Planning, Estate Planning, Financial Planning, IRAs, Retirement Planning, Tax Planning, Uncategorized, Wills & Trusts /by Tom DelPupAs a financial and estate planning technique, the “stretch” IRA allowed the beneficiary of an inherited IRA to take distributions from the IRA over her remaining life expectancy, extending the life and income tax advantages (tax-deferred or tax free growth) of the IRA. For a very young beneficiary, this could have been a virtual lifetime. […]