Ed Slott

Ed Slott, a certified public accountant, is a financial expert specializing in retirement planning, IRAs and tax issues. He created the IRA Leadership Program and Ed Slott's Elite IRA Advisor Group. Twitter: @theslottreport

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RETIREMENT IRA ALERT DEC 05, 2017
Avoid year-end RMD errors on retirement plans

Advisers should understand how rules on IRA rollovers and aggregation affect clients.

RETIREMENT IRA ALERT NOV 09, 2017
Prepare clients for an untimely end to Roth conversion do-overs

If the tax bill becomes law, the recharacterization repeal will be effective after 2017

RETIREMENT IRA ALERT OCT 13, 2017
Retirement planning challenges under tax reform

Losing big deductions, even in lieu of a larger standard deduction, may cause taxes to rise in retirement.

RETIREMENT IRA ALERT JUN 23, 2017
Planning Roth conversions during tax reform uncertainty

Financial advisers should use the summer to evaluate all 2016 and 2017 Roth conversions for clients.

RETIREMENT IRA ALERT JUN 09, 2017
4 ways to reduce RMD taxes

These strategies can help stave off the increase in taxes that required minimum distributions usually cause.

5 costly inherited IRA mistakes
RETIREMENT IRA ALERT MAY 12, 2017
5 costly inherited IRA mistakes

Advisers should have their antennas up when an IRA owner dies and leaves the IRA to a non-spouse beneficiary.

Help clients use qualified charitable distributions to save on taxes
RETIREMENT IRA ALERT APR 14, 2017
Help clients use qualified charitable distributions to save on taxes

Advisers need to help RMD clients change the way they give.

RETIREMENT IRA ALERT FEB 14, 2017
How to help millennials avoid big mistakes with their IRAs

Steer young investors away from these common moves that can have a significant negative impact in retirement.

RETIREMENT IRA ALERT JAN 19, 2017
Now is the time to review and correct 1099-R tax forms

Identify clients who had these types of retirement distributions and then check for these common errors.

RETIREMENT IRA ALERT JAN 03, 2017
Year-end required minimum distribution planning alert for first-timers

These pointers can help advisers reduce confusion for new required minimum distribution clients.