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In addition to employer-sponsored retirement accounts such as 401(k) and 403(b) plans, many people choose to save additional retirement assets in Individual Retirement Accounts (IRAs). Regardless of your stage in life, it is...more
Cryptocurrencies are becoming a larger component of investors' portfolios, especially for millennials and Generation Z, who collectively make up 94 percent of cryptocurrency buyers. While it may seemingly be too early for...more
I love the idea of a Roth 401(k) and if you could afford to lose the tax deduction of a 401(k) deferral and you have enough of a horizon before you retire....more
Both the SECURE Act and CARES Act are filled with important changes related to estate planning. The Secure Act (Setting Every Community Up for Retirement Enhancement Act), enacted in December of 2019, carries significant...more
A December 27, 2019 post to this blog by Jon Nason provided an overview of the many changes affecting retirement plans made by the SECURE Act, which was enacted as part of the Further Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2020...more
The Setting Every Community Up for Retirement Enhancement Act (or SECURE Act), signed into law on December 20, 2019, changes retirement planning significantly and unexpectedly. The bulk of the changes become effective as of...more
The "Setting Every Community Up for Retirement Enhancement Act of 2019" ("SECURE Act"), which Congress passed at the end of 2019, included changes that may significantly affect how your retirement accounts fit into your...more
The Setting Every Community Up for Retirement Enhancement Act of 2019 (the SECURE Act), signed into law on Dec. 20, 2019, will have a wide-ranging impact on tax-qualified retirement plans and individual retirement accounts,...more
The holiday season is always a busy and eventful time, so you may have missed a new law that can impact how you plan for your retirement assets. On December 20, 2019, as part of a more comprehensive appropriations act, the...more
On December 19, 2019, the President signed the SECURE Act. SECURE includes, among other things, provisions that are intended to make retirement plans more accessible, especially to smaller employers, address changing...more
Every tax planner faces the challenge of identifying a tax strategy that provides for tax deferral and tax-favored distributions. Many taxpayers look to the Roth IRA, but the Roth is a limited option for high-net-worth...more
On December 22, 2017, the tax reform bill, informally known as the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (the “Act”), was signed by President Trump. As we noted in our prior OnPoint (available here) with respect to earlier versions of the...more
While primarily focused on individual and business tax cuts and reform, the final Republican tax cut bill includes several provisions expected to impact health care coverage and expenses. First, the bill effectively repeals...more
For those age 70½ or older who plan to make charitable donations this year, qualified charitable distributions from an IRA, also known as charitable IRA rollovers, can provide significant tax benefits. This article details...more
In February of 2015, the Department of Treasury issued a reported entitled “General Explanation of the Administration’s Fiscal Year 2016 Revenue Proposals” (the “General Explanation”). The General Explanation is several...more
Significant changes affecting all holders of unclaimed property were included in amendments to Pennsylvania’s Fiscal Code adopted as part of the state’s 2016-17 budget. The amendments establish requirements for the...more
An IRA can be a valuable estate planning tool, offering tax-deferred growth (tax-free in the case of a Roth IRA) and asset protection. But two recent developments create traps for the unwary: the “one-rollover-per-year” rule...more
The American Taxpayer Relief Act of 2012 (ATRA) made the estate tax exemption “portability” feature permanent. This allows a surviving spouse to take advantage of a deceased spouse’s unused federal gift and estate tax...more