The SECURE Act and IRA required minimum distributions. Last December (2019) the SECURE Act was signed into law. This new law changed the required beginning date for IRA required minimum distributions (RMDs). Prior to the act annual RMDs were required to begin by December 31 of the year that the IRA owner reached age 70.5. (Technically, it was the year… Read more →
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401K Rollovers, IRAs, RMDs and Fiduciaries
Are you planning to roll your 401K account into an IRA when you retire? As a rule that’s exactly what we recommend that our clients do, and for some very good reasons: A direct rollover is not a taxable event, so the beneficiary can continue to defer taxation of income and gains just as if the assets had stayed in the employer’s… Read more →