If you are age 72 or older, you generally must take required minimum distributions (RMDs) from your traditional IRA or employer-sponsored retirement plan, such as a 401(k) or 403(b), each year. These amounts are included in your taxable income, and if you fail to take your RMD by the annual deadline, the amount not withdrawn
Converting a traditional Individual Retirement Account to a Roth IRA offers tax advantages in certain situations. It is most advantageous when you can pay any resulting income taxes without using funds from the traditional IRA. Contributions to Roth IRAs have already been taxed, so they grow tax-free. That means withdrawing from a Roth IRA after
You’ve been saving aggressively in an IRA or 401(k) plan for your whole career and you’re set up well for retirement. Or are you? If you’ve built up a large nest egg only or mostly in tax-deferred accounts, you may give up too much of your hard-earned savings to taxes when you begin withdrawing from
Roth IRAs are a great way to balance out your retirement portfolio with assets that can offer a tax-free source of income. Specific rules governing distributions that enhance tax breaks—and a growing list of exceptions to early penalty rules—make Roth IRAs a handy asset to have in your investment toolbox. The biggest and best-known advantage
For traditional IRA owners aged 70.5 or older, making qualified charitable distributions (QCDs) from their accounts offers a way to donate to a charity of their choice while reducing taxable income. However, among its many other changes to retirement plans, the Setting Every Community Up for Retirement Enhancement (SECURE) Act included provisions that have made
Taking distributions from your retirement account will not reduce your Social Security benefits. However, these distributions will add to your income, which will affect the taxes you pay and could cause your Medicare premiums to rise. Added to any wages and other income sources, distributions from traditional individual retirement accounts and 401(k)s are taxable and
Whether you are retired or are some years away from that stage of life, the Coronavirus Aid, Relief and Economic Security Act (CARES) made changes to retirement plan rules that may help ease financial difficulties in this downturn. The CARES Act expands options for taking distributions from retirement accounts and limits the tax impact of
When the Setting Every Community Up for Retirement Enhancement (SECURE) Act was enacted on January 1, 2020, it implemented some of the most significant changes to retirement plans that have been made in over a decade. One of these changes came as a disappointment to many IRA owners: the requirement that non-spousal beneficiaries of “stretch
If you are 70 or about to hit that milestone, you’ve just gained more options in managing your retirement income. As of January 1, 2020, you can now delay taking required minimum distributions (RMDs) from retirement savings until age 72. Previous rules required distributions after age 70.5 from IRAs or employer-sponsored retirement plans such