Roth IRA Answer Book

Roth IRA Answer Book
ISBN-10
0735584559
ISBN-13
9780735584556
Series
Roth IRA Answer Book
Category
Business & Economics
Pages
778
Language
English
Published
2010
Publisher
Aspen Law & Business
Authors
Gary S. Lesser, Michelle L. Ward, Gregory Kolojeski

Description

Roth IRA Answer Book, Sixth Edition, provides an up-to-the-minute tutorial on this subject for a wide variety of professional markets, including pension consultants, insurance agents, financial planners and investment advisors, plan administrators, lawyers, and accountants, as well as businesses that promote, market, service, or provide technical support to retirement plans, products, and related services. You'll find in-depth coverage of the administration and operation of a Roth IRA, as mandated by the Internal Revenue Code, Treasury regulations, and other IRS guidance. Written by a team of practicing experts preeminent in their fields, Roth IRA Answer Book takes the reader, step by step, through the creation, operation, and extinction of a Roth IRA. Topics covered include the following: How a Roth IRA is established, how documents are designated, and how a Roth IRA may be revoked Trustee and custodian disclosure requirements and governmental form reporting requirements - Forms 1099-R, 5329, and 8606 Limits on contributions, including the contribution phase-out rules, and the definition of modified adjusted gross income (MAGI) How the taxation of a Roth IRA distribution depends upon the source of funding for the amount distributed How abusive transactions having the effect of shifting value from a preexisting business into a Roth IRA for less than fair market value may be challenged How the contribution recovery rules under the ordering rules determine whether a Roth IRA distribution consists of annual contributions, conversions from an eligible retirement plan, other rollover contributions, or earnings How to make and treat a rollover (conversion) from an eligible retirement plan to a Roth IRA Which taxpayers will benefit most from a conversion, and when (especially in a declining investment environment) can a conversion be undone in a recharacterization How Roth IRAs may be used to enhance overall wealth-transfer planning The treatment of penalty-free distributions from an eligible retirement plan for special purposes, such as hurricane distributions, qualified recovery assistance distributions, qualified disaster recovery distributions, and qualified reservist distributions How and when special-purpose distributions may be repaid (rolled over) to an eligible retirement plan, including a Roth IRA And more! Roth IRA Answer Book has been updated to include: Discussion of the procedural guidance issued in December 2010 to drafters of pre-approved model and prototype IRAs and Roth IRAs, including rules for when documents must be submitted to the IRS Explanation of the new procedures for applying to the IRS for an opinion letter When the IRS lost an "abusive transaction" case Analysis of the 2010 proposed regulations broadly redefining when a person is considered to be a "fiduciary" by reason of giving investment advice The new in-plan Roth rollover rules and the guidance issued in Notice 2010-84 regarding the distribution and taxation of in-plan rollovers The status of an inherited Roth IRA under evolving Federal Bankruptcy rules Several new appendix charts have been added covering: Rollovers by participants Rollover of inherited assets RMDs upon death of beneficiary Distributions to beneficiaries The extension of designated Roth contribution features to governmental 457(b) plans Amendments to the definition of compensation to include differential wage payments Recent law developments about whether a power of attorney is or is not effective to permit a participant's agent to name a beneficiary How the law about IRAs' and other retirement plans' death benefits is sometimes similar to, but often quite differe

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