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New Year, New Rules
Your 2024 Retirement Playbook
As it often happens, the new year brings new rules. This time around, we have some good news for you, especially if you are planning to retire any time soon: the retirement planning landscape is getting a much-needed facelift in 2024.
Understanding the Ins and Outs of Workplace 401(k) Plans
Invest in Your Future: Deciphering the 401(k) Puzzle
While considering future financial stability, a 401(k) plan stands as one of the most advantageous options available today. Named after the section of the U.S. tax code that establishes it, the 401(k) has become the retirement plan of choice for many businesses across the country. If you're unfamiliar with how this plan works or the potential benefits it could bring to your financial portfolio, let's delve into the details.
New Retirement Contribution Limits for 2023
The Internal Revenue Service has released new retirement contribution limits for the coming year.
After months of high inflation and financial uncertainty, some of these cost-of-living-based adjustments have reached near-record levels. This include changes to IRA, Roth IRA, Workplace and SIMPLE Retirement Accounts, and other changes.
2021 Limits for IRAs, 401(k)s and More
Numbers to know for the new year.
On October 26, the Treasury Department released the 2021 adjusted figures for retirement account savings. Although these adjustments won’t bring any major changes, there are some minor elements to note.
Can You Put Your IRA into a Trust?
What you should know about naming an IRA beneficiary.
Can your IRA be put directly into a trust? In short, no. Individual retirement accounts (IRAs) cannot be put directly into a trust. What you can do, however, is name a trust as the beneficiary of your IRA.
New IRS Contribution Limits for 2020
Changes for 2020.
The I.R.S. just increased the annual contribution limits on IRAs, 401(k)s, and other widely used retirement plan accounts for 2020. Here’s a quick look at the changes.
The Solo 401(k)
A retirement savings vehicle designed for the smallest businesses.
Do you work for yourself? Then take a look at the solo 401(k), which marries a traditional employee retirement savings account to a small business profit-sharing plan. To have a solo 401(k), you must either be the lone worker at your business or its only full-time employee.
401(k) Loan Repayment
A longer repayment time can be an advantage.
The conventional wisdom about taking a loan from your 401(k) plan is often boiled down to: not unless absolutely necessary. That said, it isn’t always avoidable for everyone or in every situation. In a true emergency, if you had no alternative, the rules do allow for a loan, but they also require a fast repayment if your employment were to end. Recent changes have changed that deadline, offering some flexibility to those taking the loan.
Some Changes Are Coming for 401(k)s
Take note of them for 2019.
Some notable developments are about to impact 401(k) plans. They follow a major change that became effective in 2018. Thanks to the Tax Cuts & Jobs Act, workers who borrow from 401(k) accounts and leave their jobs now have until October of the following year to repay plan loans.
Is Your Company’s 401(k) Plan as Good as It Could Be?
Two recent court rulings may make you want to double-check.
Every plan sponsor should know about two recent court rulings. One came from the Supreme Court in 2015; another, from the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California in 2017. Both concerned the same case: Tibble v. Edison International.
The IRA and the 401(k)
Comparing their features, merits, and demerits.
How do you save for retirement? Two options probably come to mind right away: the IRA and the 401(k). Both offer you relatively easy ways to build a retirement fund. Here is a look at the features, merits, and demerits of each account, starting with what they have in common.
Avoid Tax Consequences With a Direct 401(k) Rollover
Few things you need to know about 401(k) rollover
There are several options for your 401(k) plan when you leave an employer, two of which are the direct and indirect rollover.
