Employee Benefits and Executive Compensation: Getting Ready for 2024 - Qualified Plans — Special Edition Podcast
KNOCK YOURSELF OUT - RESUSCITATING TAXPAYERS WITH BUYER'S REMORSE!
On January 31, 2024, the Puerto Rico Department of the Treasury issued Internal Revenue Circular Letter No. 24-01 (CL IR 24-01) announcing the applicable 2024 limits for Puerto Rico qualified retirement plans. Pursuant to...more
On December 20, 2023, the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) issued Notice 2024-2 to “provide guidance on discreet issues” concerning the implementation of specific provisions of the SECURE 2.0 Act of 2022 (SECURE 2.0)....more
On November 1, 2023, the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) released Notice 2023-75, which sets forth the 2024 cost-of-living adjustments affecting dollar limits on benefits and contributions for qualified retirement plans. The...more
The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) recently issued much anticipated proposed regulations that clarify and revise some of the required minimum distribution (RMD) rules for qualified plans (i.e. 401ks, 403bs, etc.) and...more
On January 14, 2022, the Puerto Rico Department of the Treasury issued Internal Revenue Circular Letter No. 22-01 (CL IR 22-01) announcing the applicable 2022 limits for Puerto Rico qualified retirement plans. ...more
After months of speculation, 2022 began with no new federal estate and gift tax legislation. As the proposed legislation wended its way through the legislative process in 2021, the major proposed changes to federal estate...more
The recent Tax Court opinion in McNulty v. Commissioner, 157 T.C. No. 10 (2021) addressed whether distributions from a purported self-directed IRA were taxable. The Court also took up the question of whether tax penalties...more
On November 4, 2021 the Internal Revenue Service announced the cost-of-living adjustments for the various qualified retirement plan limits. The vast majority of the limits shown below have increased from last year....more
The IRS has announced the 2022 cost of living adjustments to qualified plan limits. As expected, many of the limits increased significantly compared with prior years. Below are the highlights, and our full historical chart...more
On January 20, 2021, the Puerto Rico Department of the Treasury (Departamento de Hacienda, commonly known as “Hacienda”) issued Administrative Determination No. 21-01 (AD 21-01), which provides that lump-sum distributions...more
Tax Planning for 2020 in 2021, yes you can! Cares Act gives the ability to install a qualified retirement plan. Eliminate 2020 taxation associated with investment income. #taxes #qualifiedretirementplan #financialadvisors...more
Nowotny On Death and Taxes podcast episode 32 Knock Yourself Out - Resuscitating Taxpayer's With Buyer's Remorse; learn how to do tax planning for 2020 in 2021; it's not too late! Eliminate all of your taxation associated...more
The COVID-19 has turned the world upside and killed a lot of people worldwide. The economy everywhere under the Sun has come to the screeching halt. ...more
In response to the earthquakes that since January 6, 2020, have shaken Puerto Rico, on February 18, 2020, the Puerto Rico Department of the Treasury (known by its Spanish name as “Hacienda”) issued Circular Letter of Internal...more
On February 20, 2020, the Puerto Rico Treasury Department (PR Treasury) issued Internal Revenue Circular Letter Number 20-09 (CC RI 20-09) to provide special rules and procedures applicable to distributions from qualified...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
On December 28, 2019, the Puerto Rico Department of the Treasury issued Internal Revenue Circular Letter No. 19-17 (CL IR 19-17) announcing the applicable limits for Puerto Rico qualified retirement plans for 2020....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
Last Friday night, President Trump signed into law a year-end $1.4 trillion spending bill that will fund the government through September 30, 2020. Included in the bill were a number of provisions that impact...more
The Internal Revenue Service and the Social Security Administration have announced the cost of living adjustments (COLA) applicable to dollar limitations for retirement plans and the Social Security wage base for 2020. Many...more
On August 14, 2019, the IRS issued Revenue Ruling 2019-19, providing guidance to both tax-qualified plan administrators and participants on the tax treatment of plan distribution checks that are not cashed. ...more