Jim Lorenzen, CFP®, AIF®
Getting ready to pull the retirement cord? In a previous post, I had talked about pension options – worth reviewing if that’s an issue for you. I also recently provided an IRA rollover checklist for those evaluating the pros and cons of such a decision.
Whether or not to to do a rollover is not a simple ‘yes’ or ‘no’ question. It depends on your particular situation. There are good reasons both for and against rolling over your retirement plan to an IRA – the checklist can help sort those out.
Believe it or not, there may be a reason to take some of your retirement out in cash and pay taxes right now! How can that be?
If you’re on of those now doing your homework – good for you – you may enjoy reading this report, Six Best and Worst IRA Rollover Decisions. This report not only discusses those decisions, it will also provide some insight on additional issues worth considering.
I hope you find it worthwhile. You can download it here> Click here for your report!
Before you get to the report, however, here’s a bit of news I came across from Mark Dreschler, the president and founder of Premier Trust. His words:
The US Supreme court ruled this past June, in Clark v. Rameker, that inherited IRAs are NOT protected from a beneficiaries’ bankruptcy. Previously, this was an open issue. Now, the only way to protect an inherited IRA from inclusion in the beneficiaries’ bankruptcy, is to have a correctly worded IRA Inheritance Trust named as the beneficiary. This will also protect the IRA principal from other creditors, or divorce proceedings.
However, if the distributions are paid directly to the beneficiary, they are NOT protected from bankruptcy or even attack in the event of a divorce. An IRA Inheritance Trust which also protects distributions from attack is called an “accumulation trust.” The trustee cannot be the child. The trustee has full discretion to hold distributions from the IRA in trust to protect the child or pass them out, depending on the circumstances. The child beneficiary may benefit from the distributed assets that the trust holds, but does not own them individually. Obviously, if the child-beneficiary has no title or control of the IRA distributions, they cannot be taken by a charging order or other legal means of attack.
Hope you find that helpful. And, don’t forget to download your report.
Jim
Jim Lorenzen is a CERTIFIED FINANCIAL PLANNER® professional and An Accredited Investment Fiduciary® serving private clients since 1991. Jim is Founding Principal of The Independent Financial Group, a registered investment advisor with clients located across the U.S.. He is also licensed for insurance as an independent agent under California license 0C00742. The Independent Financial Group does not provide legal or tax advice and nothing contained herein should be construed as securities or investment advice, nor an opinion regarding the appropriateness of any investment to the individual reader. The general information provided should not be acted upon without obtaining specific legal, tax, and investment advice from an appropriate licensed professional.
