The takeaway for advisors from the just-released Government Accoutability Report on IRA conflicts is that “unfortunately, more regulation is on the way and that means more burdensome compliance paperwork,” according to IRA and tax expert Ed Slott of Ed Slott & Co.
Financial advisors are well aware of the tax rules that affect retirement withdrawals, required minimum distributions, Roth conversions and rollovers. Clients, though, can often make major wealth-killing mistakes when managing their retirement savings.
The IRS’ final rules on required minimum distributions for beneficiaries under the 10-year rule, released Thursday, have created ”an unnecessary complication” that only Congress can fix, according to IRA and tax expert Ed Slott of Ed Slott & Co.
While an IRA rollover is the best move for most people when distributing money from a 401(k) plan, there is a special case when a lump-sum distribution makes sense — and the justification for one is “bigger than ever,” according to tax and IRA expert Ed Slott of Ed Slott & Co.
It would almost be malpractice for any financial or tax advisor to ignore the coming tax storm,” according to Ed Slott of Ed Slott & Co.
That’s one of the central themes in his new book, “The Retirement Savings Time Bomb Ticks Louder,” Slott told ThinkAdvisor in a recent email exchange. “The taxes growing in the IRAs are what my book title refers to, a ticking tax time bomb.”
Whether a client’s retirement dreams are five years away or 50, the single greatest threat standing in their way is taxes, warns Ed Slott of Ed Slott & Co.
The right tax management strategy can save clients hundreds of thousands of dollars, while the wrong strategy — or no strategy at all — can bring undue hardship during their golden years.
The Labor Department is “going all-in on the IRA rollovers” with its final fiduciary rule, according to Ed Slott of Ed Slott and Co.
As 2023 winds down, Ed Slott of Ed Slott and Co. reminds advisors that staying on top of the latest retirement and tax-related developments is ”the best way of putting the client’s interest first.”
Advisor recommendations on IRA rollover transactions are fiduciary advice under the Labor Department’s proposed new fiduciary rule, and “would fall within the scope of investment advice,” according to Ed Slott of Ed Slott & Co.
Advisors are “getting hammered” with one big year-end tax question from clients now, according to IRA and tax expert Ed Slott: Do I have to take a required minimum distribution for 2023?
While it “sounds simple,” Slott of Ed Slott & Co. relayed, RMDs “are confounding advisors this year like never before.”
