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.
Financial advisors have a slew of new retirement and estate tax planning opportunities to capitalize on in 2023.Hit the ground running by communicating these ideas to your clients early in the year
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
Proposed new regulations from the Internal Revenue Service for inherited retirement accounts would require many heirs to make minimum annual withdrawals from the accounts—leaving less room for the savings to grow tax-deferred over the years.
The new rules would provide guidance to the Secure Act of 2019, which made several changes to laws governing retirement accounts.
Ed likes to say that taxes don’t stop in retirement – they’re really just getting started. I’d say he’s right about that insofar as higher income retirees go – you’ll be paying taxes on part of your Social Security, and probably surcharges on Medicare premiums. Those aren’t technically taxes, but they sure feel like it when you’re paying them. Drawdowns from tax-deferred IRAs and 401ks are taxed as ordinary income…and possibly at high rates.
Q: Can I invest my RMD (required minimum distribution) into my Roth IRA?
IRAs are subject to RMDs after reaching age 72
IRA legislation will not happen in 2021, and the IRA parts of the Build Back Better Act (BBB) may not happen in 2022 if the legislation remains stalled in Congress.But other retirement-related bills may have a better chance of becoming law.
So advisors should still share retirement tax planning strategies with clients in 2022, based on the current tax structure and what might be in the works.
As the end of the year approaches, here's a round-up of the best retirement tax planning ideas for 2021.
