Inheriting an IRA presents a number of choices for the beneficiary. Whether it’s a Roth or Traditional IRA, the rules surrounding the inheritance can be complicated and your decisions can have a significant impact on your financial planning. When the so-called “stretch IRA,” was virtually eliminated by passage of the 2019 SECURE Act, beneficiaries of[…]
There is some good news for your retirement planning. If you have an employer-sponsored 401(k) retirement plan, or any of a number of similar plans, you’ll be able to increase your annual contribution this year by $1000, as part of the federal government’s scheduled inflation adjustment. The limit increase means work-based retirement plans can reach[…]
So, you’ve done all the right things to prepare for retirement and now it’s time to ensure that the right tax strategies are in place to protect those assets you’ve worked so hard for. While payouts from some retirement accounts, such as traditional IRAs, are taxable, you might be able to avoid that situation if[…]
Retirement planning may be a little different for the self-employed, but it’s just as important, if not more so. 60% of working Americans have access to a 401k plan through their employer. But if you are among the nearly 10 million self-employed, you are entirely responsible for your retirement plan. There are other types of[…]
Federal tax rates went down with the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017, but those cuts are already set to expire in 2025. And there is broad support among Democrats for repealing tax cuts before their expiration. Let’s face it. There is a strong likelihood that your tax rates will be going up. Most of[…]