Individual Retirement Accounts - IRAs
Strategies for maximizing your Individual Retirement Account (IRA’s) Investments, Tax Savings and Timing of Required Minimum Distributions
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How to Avoid Tricks and Traps in Required Minimum Distributions
Required minimum distributions from IRAs and other qualified retirement plans are a source of frequent mistakes. This is an area in which you want to avoid mistakes, because the penalty is steep. The IRS changed the rules for RMDs in 2001 and 2002. There still are a lot of publications and web sites with the […]
The Roth IRA Opportunity
Roth IRAs are one of the best tax-advantaged investment vehicles. Right now they are available to only taxpayers with incomes below certain levels. In a couple of years, all investors will be able to take advantage of this opportunity by converting traditional IRAs into roth iras. Those whose incomes make them ineligible for Roth IRAs […]
Last Chance for IRA Charitable Contributions
We are approaching a last chance for some taxpayers to use IRAs to make tax-advantaged gifts to charity. The tax break is set to expire after Dec. 31, 2007. The Pension Protection Act of 2006 allowed IRA owners who are at least age 70½ to make gifts directly from the IRA to a charity. The […]
Little-Known IRA Tax Saver
Many workers own shares of employer stock through 401(k) or other retirement plans. Few of these workers, or even their financial advisers, know the tax break that is available to substantially reduce the tax burden from selling those shares. With a little planning and by following a few steps, workers can substantially reduce the tax […]
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How to Make Retirement Accounts Last
Retirees have a tough time finding advice on the best ways to spend the money in retirement accounts. In this month’s visit we will consider the best order to withdraw retirement money. Most people have more than one type of retirement account. There usually is at least one tax-deferred account, such as an IRA, plus […]
How to Invest IRA Accounts
IRAs seemed so simple when they were started. Make the maximum contribution; invest the money until retirement; and then take money over time to pay for retirement. Managing IRAs, however, requires more thought if one wants to maximize after-tax retirement income. One issue that is not considered enough is which investments are best held in […]
How to Avoid Frequent IRA Mistakes
Mistakes and over-sights by IRA owners prevent their heirs from maximizing the after-tax benefits of the accounts. The source of many problems is the IRA beneficiary form, a document to which most IRA owners devote only a minute or so. This form should be an important element of an estate plan, and some IRA owners […]
What Heirs Should Know About IRAs
Some of the biggest mistakes with IRAs are made after they pass to the second generation of owners. Heirs routinely lose a large percentage of inherited IRAs to unnecessary taxes. The rules are simple. But they aren’t obvious and most heirs don’t know about them or know to ask about them. If you don’t want […]
