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I have a client who invested in a Private Placement of stock in a traditional IRA. The Custodian traditionally gave...

Please, please don't make the mistake that so many people make and think you make too much money to make an IRA contribution. There is no limit on how much income you can make in order to make an IRA contribution. None, whatsoever. Yet, each year I speak with countless financial advisors and CPAs who are advising their clients that they cannot make an IRA contribution for the year because their income is too high. That is not true and don't you believe it for one second!

A "Savings Incentive Match Plan for Employees" (SIMPLE), is a retirement plan for small businesses that uses a special IRA (called a SIMPLE IRA) as the funding vehicle. November 1, 2012 is the deadline for employers who are continuing to offer a SIMPLE IRA plan for next year to send you a notification.

Non-Client elderly spouse rolled over recently deceased spouse’s IRA 2 months ago without consultation, 1 week after spouse’s death. She...

Client Profile: Divorced Female, DOB 7/21/1942, good health, 3 grown kids with 8 Grandkids (11 Gifting oppurtunities). $13k X 11...

This week's Slott Report Mailbag comes LIVE from The Cosmopolitan in Las Vegas as we get ready for Ed Slott's 2-Day IRA Workshop this Saturday and Sunday. We answered questions on Roth conversions, the Roth IRA 5-year rules, and where an IRA goes at your death.

Hi, I reached 70.5 this month. I understand I have to take RMD either this year or before next April....

If your employer offers a SEP (Simplified Employee Pension) plan, it's very similar to a profit sharing plan, except that contributions are placed into your designated SEP IRA. Once the funds are in your IRA, you own and control your own money. Your employer does not control the money after it's been deposited in your SEP IRA.

The Slott Report is going on the road this week to Las Vegas, Nevada for Ed Slott's 2-Day IRA Workshop, Instant IRA Success, on Saturday, September 29 and Sunday, September 30 at The Cosmopolitan. There is still time to join us LIVE this weekend in Las Vegas. If you can't make it to Las Vegas this weekend, there are still ways to share in the experience.

ED SLOTT AND COMPANY’S 2-DAY IRA WORKSHOP INSTANT IRA SUCCESS Updated with the final SECURE Act RMD regulations (released July...