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August 08, 2024
IRS Clarifies RMD Options for Surviving Spouses Under Secure 2.0The agency's long-awaited RMD guidance answered some questions about new options for these beneficiaries.
August 07, 2024
Escape From the QLAC: IRS Clarifies Rules on Longevity Annuity ExchangesWhat if a client buys one of the new-generation deferred income annuities and wants to replace it?
August 06, 2024
Estate Tax Exemption Clock Is Ticking Even Faster for These Wealthy ClientsPrivate equity owners and investors have complicated moves to make in the coming months.
August 05, 2024
'As an Industry, We Can Do Better' for Clients, RIA Says"Wall Street uses tricks to fool customers," Merrill advisor turned RIA Christopher Manske says.
August 01, 2024
2 Big IRA Rollover Mistakes to Avoid: Ed SlottDirect transfers from account to account help clients skip mandatory withholding, the retirement expert says.
July 30, 2024
What the New Emergency Retirement-Distribution Draft Guidance Means for AnnuitiesThe latest IRS draft guidelines includes two new ways for clients to tap their nest eggs under the Secure 2.0 Act.
July 25, 2024
UBS Grilled Over $350M Tax Evasion CaseA senator is looking into accounts held by a former military contractor who sold $7 billion of jet fuel to the U.S.
July 24, 2024
New RMD Regs Back Annuity-Based Stretch IRAs, Advisor SaysThe tax code shows that SPIAs can offset the loss of the old school stretch IRA, Gary Mettler contends.
July 22, 2024
IRS Providing Tax Relief to Hurricane Beryl Victims in TexasTaxpayers in 67 counties now have until Feb. 3 to file various federal individual and business returns.
July 22, 2024
Ed Slott: Final RMD Regs Create an 'Unnecessary Complication'"It's messy for beneficiaries and advisors to try and figure this out," Slott tells ThinkAdvisor.