Site search

  Hello,   I have a client who’s IRA was partially funded with an after-tax rollover from a 401-k in...

QUESTION: My wife has two after-tax traditional IRAs at two separate institutions. We are hoping to consolidate them, then convert to a Roth in the next 18 months. She is already retired. She also has an inherited IRA (from her father). Does the calculation for taxation on the conversion to Roth need to include the assets in the inherited IRA? Do assets in my IRA have any impact on the calculation?

Unlike IRAs, would the proposed Congressional bill for Universal Savings Accounts allow the use of unearned income and savings to...

Owner A passed away on 06-08-2018  Owner A was born on 10-10-1967    Owner A’s IRAs were Inherited by:  Beneficiary...

Owner A passed away on 07-05-2023  Owner A was born on 06-30-1953    Owner A’s brother, Beneficiary B, was primary...

By Ian Berger, JDIRA Analyst One of the more controversial rules in the 2022 SECURE 2.0 Act is the requirement...

Hi all, I understand that under the Secure Act 2.0 that someone age 70.5 and older may make a once-in-a-lifetime...

I have a beneficiary of a conduit trust that is turning 30 y/o and is now owed 1/3 of the...

We are two weeks into 2025. Have you been following through on your New Year’s resolutions? As our readers already know, for...

Hello , I have a scenario where IRA owner passed in 2001 and the spouse inherited it and then passed...