Surgent's Avoiding the Top 10 Mistakes That Can Wipe Out Retirement Savings
2.00 Credits
Member Price $99
Non-Member Price $119
Overview
Years of growth in a retirement account can be wiped out by one mistake. As such, retirement account owners and their advisors should take care to ensure that IRAs are operated in compliance with the governing regulations. This includes ensuring that distributions are handled properly, and that movement of retirement assets, including between IRAs and employer plans, does not violate the limitations that apply.
Highlights
- Coverage of applicable rules from SECURE Act 2.0
- The 10% penalty
- Net unrealized appreciation of employer securities
- Roth IRA conversions
- Rollovers and the limitations
- Direct rollovers vs indirect rollovers, and tax withholding
- Beneficiary portability rules
- When a Roth IRA distribution is qualified to be tax-free
- Excess contributions and the 6% excise tax
Prerequisites
None
Designed For
All practitioners advising clients on these complex issues
Objectives
- Identify penalties that can apply to distributions, and how they can be avoided
- Help clients avoid the portability mistakes that can result in unintended tax consequences
- Move inherited retirement assets in a manner that preserves tax deferred status
- Help clients avoid ineligible contributions
- Explain the operational and compliance requirements for Roth IRA conversions
Preparation
None
Leader(s):
Leader Bios
Deborah Phillips, Discussion Leader, Surgent McCoy CPE, LLC
Deborah A. Phillips, MST, CPA, is a Senior Manager in the Flow Through Issue Practice Group (IPG) in Pre-filing Technical Guidance (PFTG) in the Large Business and International Division (LB&I) of the Internal Revenue Service (IRS). This IPG specializes in S corporation and partnership tax issues in LB&I.
Ms. Phillips began her career with the IRS more than 31 years ago and has extensive accounting and taxation knowledge of individual, corporate, and partnership federal tax returns. She was the Operations Executive Assistant to the Deputy Commission International, the Technical Executive Assistant to the Director of PFTG, a Territory Manager in the Retail, Food and Pharmaceuticals Industry, a Team Manager in the Heavy Manufacturing Industry and the IRC Section 263A Technical Advisor. She taught graduate and undergraduate courses in accounting and taxation as an adjunct faculty member at Delaware State University, Wilmington College, and Goldey-Beacom College. She has been a seminar presenter for over 17 years as well as a respected instructor within the IRS.
Ms. Phillips earned her master’s degree in taxation from Widener University.
Non-Member Price $119
Member Price $99