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Would you like to make charitable donations from your IRA but aren’t eligible for a qualified charitable distributions(QCD) because you’re under age 70 ½? Are you eligible for QCDs but want to donate more than the $100,000 annual limit? Are you interested in making charitable gifts from your 401(k) or other company savings plan? If you answered “yes” to any of these questions, you should be aware of a tax strategy just just for 2021 that we call the “Mega QCD.”

CAN A ROTH IRA WRITE OFF FOR TAX PURPOSES LOSSES SUSTAINED FROM A PONZI SCHEME? iF SO, WOULD THE LOSS...

Good afternoon! We have come across a scenario of unfamiliarity. One of our client’s passed away, who had an inherited...

Enrollment period for SIMPLE plans is Nov 2 – Dec 31, 60 days long and employees must receive prior notice...

By now, we all know the SECURE Act outlined a group of people that are still permitted to stretch inherited IRA payments over their own single life expectancy. This group is called “eligible designated beneficiaries” (EDBs). Yes, anyone who inherited an IRA prior to the SECURE Act is grandfathered and can continue to stretch required minimum distribution (RMD) payments. However, if you inherit IRA assets after the SECURE Act (i.e., if the original IRA owner died in 2020 or later), only EDBs can stretch.

Receiving conflicting information about the latest date a participant can make an After-Tax Contribution to the Company’s 401k Plan for...

Bill will be 72 in October 2021. He took $10k from his IRA in January 2021. His RMD for this...

A client of mine unfortunately lost her son recently. He was in a union and had a defined contribution pension...

Question: I rolled over an IRA in March 2021 from an TD Ameritrade institutional account to a TD Ameritrade retail account. I currently would like to do a 60-day short-term rollover. Would this not be allowed because of the one rollover per 12 month period or is a 60-day short-term rollover treated differently? Thank you for your time.

The pandemic has upended the workplace and caused many people to rethink their career path. For some older workers this may mean considering early retirement. For those workers, access to retirement savings can be key, and avoiding early distribution penalties is critical. While most distributions taken from a retirement account before age 59 ½ are subject to an early distribution penalty, the tax code carves out an exception for distributions from certain employer plans taken by those who are age 55 or older in the year they separate from employment. Here are 5 things you must know about the age-55 rule.