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New Rules: Aggregating Year-of-Death RMDs
By Andy Ives, CFP®, AIF® IRA Analyst In my August 19 Slott Report (“Year of Death RMD – Deadline Extended!”), I wrote about the required beginning date, who takes the...
New IRA Aggregation Rule When Doing a Rollover in an RMD Year
Ian Berger, JD IRA Analyst If you have multiple traditional IRAs and want to do a 60-day rollover (or Roth conversion) in a year when a required minimum...
Roth IRAs and Successor Beneficiaries: Today’s Slott Report Mailbag
By Andy Ives, CFP®, AIF® IRA Analyst QUESTION: I have been getting emails from a few sites pitching their subscriptions. They claim that Roth IRAs will all be...
The Roth IRA Advantage Under the Final RMD Rules
Sarah Brenner, JD Director of Retirement Education In 2020, the SECURE Act completely changed the game for nonspouse IRA beneficiaries. Now, most are subject to the...
Year-of-Death RMD – Deadline Extended!
By Andy Ives, CFP®, AIF® IRA Analyst When a person reaches the required beginning date (RBD) – generally April 1 of the year after the year the person turns age 73 –...
The 10% Penalty and Required Minimum Distributions: Today’s Slott Report Mailbag
By Sarah Brenner, JD Director of Retirement Education Question: Hello, I’m in my sixties, in the golden years for Roth conversions, which I’ve been doing. I’ve had a...
Roth 401(k) Dollars Are No Longer Subject to RMDs
By Ian Berger, JD IRA Analyst If you have both pre-tax and Roth accounts in a 401(k) (or a 403(b) or governmental 457(b)) and are subject to required minimum...
Proposed Regs Bring New Rules for Spouses Beneficiaries When Death is Before the RBD
By Sarah Brenner, JD Director of Retirement Education Of all the many provisions in the SECURE 2.0 Act, none has been more perplexing than Section 327, which changed...
INHERITED ROTH IRAs AND NUA: TODAY’S SLOTT REPORT MALBAG
By Ian Berger, JD IRA Analyst Question: Thank you for all of the wonderful information. I have a question as to how the July 18, 2024 final regulations impact inherited...