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. X: @theslottreport
Tax expert Ed Slott explains what to do when faced with the SECURE Act and the recently related IRS regulations.
The best investment advisors can make now is in their tax-planning knowledge.
Trusts remain lousy IRA beneficiaries, says tax expert.
The IRS has stood firm on its required minimum distribution rules but following these equates to bad tax planning, says tax expert.
There is confusion over RMD rules and advisors must step up to the plate to help clients.
Delaying RMDs sounds good now, but the tax bill will continue to compound.
The new relief on required minimum distributions for this year builds on previous IRS relief for RMDs in 2021, 2022 and 2023.
An offer the IRS refused! The estate owes nearly $1 million in taxes and penalties.
There’s a chance to do two 529-to-Roth rollovers this year – but only if the first one (for 2023) is done by April 15.
With the net unrealized appreciation tax break, company stock can be withdrawn from a 401(k) in a lump-sum distribution and have its appreciation taxed at capital gains rates, rather than as ordinary income.
Here are tactics to use this year given the opportunities for record stock values at the end of 2023.
The big tax benefits come in the way gifts can be used in conjunction with retirement accounts.
The great tax benefits of qualified charitable distributions can be forfeited if the rules aren't followed.
It’s no simple task to determine which clients are subject to required minimum distributions this year, and which aren’t.
The switch can bring big state estate tax benefits, too.
Agency announces needed SECURE 2.0 relief related to catch-up contributions made by higher-income employees.
This decades-old strategy no longer works. It’s time to reduce IRA balances, not increase them.
After the SECURE 2.0 Act's new rules resulted in confusion, the IRS issues notice providing relief on required minimum distributions.
As laws and IRS guidance evolve, it’s crucial for advisors to stay on the leading edge of how inherited IRAs are affected.
