HOW DOES THE IRS COMPENSATION LIMIT WORK?

by | Feb 14, 2022 | IRA Blog

By Ian Berger, JD IRA Analyst Towards the end of each year, the IRS announces cost-of-living increases for several retirement-related dollar limits that will become effective for the next year. For example, last November, the IRS said that the limit on employee...

ROTH CONVERSIONS & RMDS: TODAY’S SLOTT REPORT MAILBAG

by | Feb 10, 2022 | IRA Blog

By Sarah Brenner, JD Director of Retirement Education Question: I turn 72 this year. I am getting notices from my many IRA custodians that they want a waiver on file if I am NOT using my account for the RMD (i.e., I am taking it somewhere else). They make it sound...

10% PENALTY EXCEPTIONS

by | Feb 9, 2022 | IRA Blog

By Andy Ives, CFP®, AIF® IRA Analyst For IRA owners and retirement plan participants who are under age 59 ½, taking a distribution from a retirement account is typically off limits. The distribution will most likely be taxable, and there is a good chance that a 10%...

WATCH OUT FOR THE FIVE-YEAR RULE ON CONVERTED ROTH FUNDS

by | Feb 7, 2022 | IRA Blog

By Sarah Brenner, JD Director of Retirement Education If you are under age 59 ½ and you converted your traditional IRA to a Roth IRA, you will need to watch out for the five-year rule for penalty-free distributions of converted funds. Not understanding how the rule...

ROLLOVER TRIVIA: 5 Q&AS

by | Jan 31, 2022 | IRA Blog

By Andy Ives, CFP®, AIF® IRA Analyst The “Martin Scenario”: Martin, age 40, has never done an IRA rollover before. He took a distribution from his traditional IRA in December 2021 for $10,000 and deposited it into his checking account. Martin took another distribution...