IRS released Notice 2023-62 on Friday giving employer retirement plans two additional years to comply with the controversial rule requiring that catch-up contributions for employees age 50 or over whose wages for the prior year exceeded $145,000 be made on a Roth basis.
Stop contributing to your IRAs and 401(k)s? That has to be a typographical error. After all, traditional retirement planning has always preached maximizing contributions to tax-deferred individual retirement accounts and 401(k)s to build retirement savings.
Once again, due to ongoing confusion about required minimum distributions, the IRS has found it necessary to give limited relief to both IRA owners and beneficiaries. The relief was contained in Notice 2023-54, issued Friday.
It’s no exaggeration to say that every time you turn around lately, there’s a new tax law or piece of IRS guidance that changes the tax and distribution rules for IRAs.
Funds held in individual retirement accounts are without question the best assets to give to charity.Since IRAs are loaded with taxes, why not help clients relieve that tax burden by using the IRA for charitable giving now? Show clients who regularly give to charity how to use their IRA for those gifts
As the end of the year approaches, here's a round-up of the best retirement tax planning ideas for 2021.
This week’s episode kicks off with tax management guru Ed Slott giving advisers some solid year-end tax strategies to employ, regardless of where the Biden tax hikes end up.For his second guest, Jeff talks with David DeVoe about the pace of record-setting consolidation in the wealth management space
This week’s episode kicks off with tax management guru Ed Slott giving advisers some solid year-end tax strategies to employ, regardless of where the Biden tax hikes end up.For his second guest, Jeff talks with David DeVoe about the pace of record-setting consolidation in the wealth management space
As we’ve seen from recent tax proposals, Congress has retirement accounts in its sights for future tax increases, especially the larger IRAs. We know what the tax rules and tax rates are for 2021, but advisers can also help clients make some defensive moves now, just in case any of these IRA tax proposals resurface in future years.
Advisers with clients who have large IRAs should be aware of congressional proposals targeting mega-IRAs — those holding more than $10 million — including a proposal for a mandatory 50% RMD of the amount over $10 million, Ed Slott says.
