Rollover of Retirement Plan Self Certification for Additional Time Normally you have 60 days to complete a retirement plan rollover in order to avoid current taxation and more importantly, penalization. One of the most ridiculous things I have had to do with my limited time on...
Normally you have 60 days to do an IRA rollover of retirement plan distributions in order to avoid current taxation and possible penalty. What happens when you cannot hit that 60 day window? The answer is an IRA Rollover of Retirement Plan Proceeds Self Certification...
If you will be 50 or older by the end of 2016, you may be able to contribute more money every year to your employer-sponsored retirement plans and your individual retirement arrangements. Contributing more money will help you save more for your retirement and reduce...
I am getting to be an old man now and so profoundly thankful that the lessons of tax-free compounding were impressed upon me at an early age. It has made a huge difference in my financial well being and subsequent happiness. You too can use...
A good friend of mine, Bruce Larsen of Presidential Brokerage recently published an outstanding report on the Taxation of Social Security Benefits. One of the many things I like about Bruce is that he is passionate about all aspects of Social Security. He is my go...
Retirement Plan Recharacterization means according to Reg. Sec. 1.408A-5 that if you make a contribution to one type of IRA you may be able to treat the contribution as though it had been made to a different type of IRA. This is basically considered a correction if you...
In Bobrow v. Comm'r, T.C. Memo. 2014-21, the Tax Court relied on IRC 408(d)(3)(B) regarding the limits and frequency of nontaxable rollover contributions elected by the taxpayer noting that the one-year limitation addressed in this section of the US Tax Code applies to all IRAs maintained by...
Act now! According to the IRS IRA owners age 70½ or older have until Thursday, Jan. 31 2013 to make a direct transfer, or alternatively, if they received IRA distributions during December 2012, to contribute, in cash, part or all of the amounts received to...
When adjusting to civilian life it is important to understand what is taxable and what is not taxable in regard to your pay after service to the US Military. This post is a rudimentary overview to some of those issues that were garnered from perusing the...
Taxpayers who inherit IRAs also inherit the decedent’s basis or amount invested in those IRAs, regardless of the relationship between the beneficiary and the decedent. Ideally, the decedent will have filed IRS Form 8606 (Nondeductible IRAs), showing the amount of basis in the IRA. Any remaining basis in the IRA shown...