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Calculating RMDs with Multiple Beneficiaries: This Week’s Q&A

Thursday, June 15, 2017
This week's Slott Report Mailbag looks into calculating RMDs with multiple beneficiaries and inheriting IRAs.
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The 10% Penalty and Converted Funds - Five Things You Need to Know

Wednesday, June 14, 2017
The Roth IRA rules can be complicated. One area that is especially complex is understanding how the 10% penalty applies to converted Roth IRA funds. Here are five things you need to know if you already have converted funds in your Roth IRA or if you are just trying to decide whether Roth conversion is the right strategy for you.
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America’s IRA Experts are in Las Vegas!

Monday, June 12, 2017
This week, Ed and I (Jeffrey Levine) are in Las Vegas for the first ever AICPA Engage Conference. Engage has taken some of the biggest (and in my humble opinion, best) AICPA conferences, such as the Advanced Personal Financial Planning Conference and the Advanced Estate Planning Conference, and merged them into one giant conference.
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This Week’s Q&A: Is Roth Conversion Right for Everyone?

Thursday, June 08, 2017
This week's Slott Report Mailbag looks at converting a traditional IRA to a Roth IRA, as well as making Roth contributions in the year of retirement.
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Important Ages in Retirement Planning

Wednesday, June 07, 2017
Catch-up contributions for most retirement plans and IRAs can be made beginning in the year you are going to turn age 50. The only plan that does not allow catch-up contributions is the SEP IRA. The following are the catch-up limit amounts.
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How a Roth 401(k) is Different than a Roth IRA

Monday, June 05, 2017
Roth 401(k)s and Roth IRAs have a lot in common. Both offer the ability to make after-tax contributions now in exchange for tax-free earnings down the road if the rules are followed. However, there are some important differences between the two plans that you will want to understand.
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Inherited an IRA with Missed RMDs? This Week’s Q&A

Thursday, June 01, 2017
This week's Slott Report Mailbag looks into missed RMDs, inherited IRAs, and QDROs.
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Three Ways to Decimate a Retirement Account in a Flash

Wednesday, May 31, 2017
If you want to move your retirement account from one institution to another, you can do it one of two ways; directly or indirectly. Moving your account directly is the preferred way because it avoids a lot of headaches, but for various reasons, sometimes people choose to use the indirect method.
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Tax-Free Roth IRA Conversions?

Tuesday, May 30, 2017
We received many questions this past tax season about Roth IRA conversions that were supposed to be tax-free, but were not.
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Have You Faced This Dilemma with Spousal Contributions? This Week’s Q&A

Thursday, May 25, 2017
This week's Slott Report Mailbag looks into IRA beneficiaries, Roth IRAs, and spousal contributions.
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