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Be Careful If ROBS Is Your Business Financing Strategy

by Angela Bohmann | Leonard, Street and Deinard - Employee... on 5/16/2013

Various promoters have suggested to entrepreneurs that they use the assets in their 401(k) plans or IRAs to finance a new business. These programs are sometimes known by the acronym ROBS, or Rollovers as Business Start-ups....more

President Obama’s Pension Cap: Who Would Really Be Affected?

by Carol Buckmann | Osler, Hoskin & Harcourt LLP on 5/8/2013

The President’s recent budget proposal would impose a new cap on tax-favored retirement benefits. Annual contributions and accruals under tax-favored plans are already limited, but this would be a complex new limit...more

Say "Goodbye" to Your 401(K) Plan as You Know It?

by Baker, Donelson, Bearman, Caldwell &... on 4/24/2013

From time to time, we hear about threats to the Social Security System – even talk about eliminating it for younger workers. Some reports indicate that about half of Americans have less than $10,000 in savings, while other...more

Why Retirement Plan Sponsors Need To Care About Plan Design

by Ary Rosenbaum on 4/16/2013

Would you leave money on the table for the government to take instead? Would you not maximize your retirement savings because your accountant or third party administrator (TPA) told you that you had to give the same amounts...more

Retirement Benefits And Divorce

by Bryan L. Salamone and Associates P.C. on 4/16/2013

For many couples, Pension plans, IRAs, 401ks and other retirement plans represent a significant portion of their net worth. These assets are addressed as marital property in divorce settlement agreements, to be divided...more

Roth Conversion Opportunities Expand, But Practical Questions Remain

by Jeff Belfiglio | Davis Wright Tremaine LLP on 1/21/2013

The recent “fiscal cliff” tax law, the American Taxpayer Relief Act (ATRA), includes a provision effective Jan. 1, 2013 that greatly expands the ability of plan participants to convert pre-tax plan accounts to after-tax Roth...more

Fiscal Cliff Legislation Provides New In-Plan Roth Conversion Opportunity

by Josh Bobrin, Brian M. Pinheiro | Ballard Spahr LLP on 1/8/2013

The newly enacted American Taxpayer Relief Act (H.R. 8) includes a significant new opportunity to perform “in-plan” conversions of pretax dollars to Roth (after-tax) dollars of funds held in defined contribution retirement...more

Retirement Saving Roadmap for Young Professionals

by Paul Weber on 12/14/2012

The best retirement savings plan begins when you are young and just starting out. If you have the discipline to follow a few simple rules, by the time you reach retirement age, you should be able to do what you want, where...more

Rappelling Down the Fiscal Cliff – Strategies for Cushioning the Fall – Part I

by Gerald Nowotny on 11/9/2012

Ready, set, go! Following the Presidential election last night, the race is on for year-end tax planning and bracing for the fall off the fiscal cliff. While no one can tell exactly what the tax outcome will be after...more

The Super Roth IRA[1] - For Regular Guys (and Gals) - Part 2

by Gerald Nowotny on 10/15/2012

Overview - In Part I of this series, I introduced the Super Roth IRA an alternative to the Roth IRA and traditional IRA. The Super Roth IRA uses the tax-advantages of permanent life insurance and is a more flexible...more

Gifting and Other Tax Planning Opportunities in 2011

by Venable LLP on 11/25/2011

As many of you already are aware, on December 17, 2010, Congress passed the Tax Relief, Unemployment Insurance Reauthorization and Job Creation Act of 2010 (the "Act"). The Act provides for the following: - For 2011,...more

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