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Troutman Pepper Locke

Estate Planning in Uncertain Times

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"God, grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change, courage to change the things I can, and wisdom to know the difference."- The Serenity Prayer- The first 100 days of President Trump’s administration have been...more

Chambliss, Bahner & Stophel, P.C.

Planning with Intention: Charitable Giving Through Your IRA

“Nowhere is wisdom more necessary than in the guidance of charitable impulses. Meaning well is only half our duty; thinking right is the other, and equally important, half.” — Samuel Gridley Howe...more

Proskauer Rose LLP

Wealth Management Update - April 2025

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The April 2025 Section 7520 rate for use with estate planning techniques such as CRTs, CLTs, QPRTs and GRATs is 5.00%, which is 0.40% less than the March 2025 rate. The April applicable federal rate (“AFR”) for use with a...more

Offit Kurman

Equal Shares, Unequal Outcomes: Estate Planning Strategies for Parents and their Qualified Retirement Accounts

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Typically, a parent wishes to treat their children equally in their estate plan and presumes they will achieve this goal by dividing all their assets into equal shares upon their death. Accordingly, they will designate their...more

Bowditch & Dewey

IRS Issues Updates to Retirement Plan Rules under SECURE Act 2.0

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On July 19, 2024, the Internal Revenue Service (“IRS”) issued final regulations (“2024 regulations”) regarding the SECURE Act of 2019 and the SECURE Act 2.0 of 2022, which apply to 401(a) plans, 401(k) plans, traditional and...more

Farrell Fritz, P.C.

New Savings Opportunity – Converting a 529 Plan to Roth IRA

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Recent changes implemented by Secure Act 2.0 provide a powerful retirement opportunity. Starting in 2024, Congress changed the way that 529 accounts work....more

Seward & Kissel LLP

New Option: Rollover From 529 Account to Roth IRA

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Federal income tax law offers tax advantages to taxpayers that save money in specially designated accounts earmarked for future educational expenses (“529 Accounts”).  In addition, federal income tax law also incentivizes...more

Fox Rothschild LLP

Perils of the 401K to IRA Rollover; Spouses Beware

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Earlier today I happened upon a really important article accenting the dangers of what often starts as an entirely innocent transaction. A site called the Street.com publishes a variety of articles about retirement and...more

Roetzel & Andress

Saving for College While Also Saving for…Retirement?

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Thanks to changes in the SECURE 2.0 Act, saving for education can now also help save for retirement. Beginning in 2024, the beneficiary of a 529 education savings plan account may roll certain excess account assets directly...more

Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP

A New Opportunity for 529 Account Beneficiaries – Tax-Fee Rollovers to Roth IRAs

Beneficiaries of qualified tuition programs under Section 529 of the Internal Revenue Code (“529 accounts”) will have a new opportunity starting January 1, 2024. Under SECURE Act 2.0 (the “Act”), 529 account beneficiaries...more

Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP

The SECURE Act 2.0: The Most Impactful Provisions #10 — Moving 529 Assets to a Roth IRA

The President signed the Consolidated Appropriations Act, which included SECURE Act 2.0, on December 29, 2022. SECURE Act 2.0 has over 90 provisions, some major and some minor; some mandatory and some optional; some...more

Lathrop GPM

Tax-free Rollovers of 529 Plan Funds to Roth IRAs Allowed Under Secure 2.0

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Section 529 college savings accounts are used for tax-free education investments. When considering whether to create a 529 account, there generally is some apprehension that the person you are saving for won’t pursue a...more

Chambliss, Bahner & Stophel, P.C.

New Guidance for Inherited IRAs

Historically, if one inherited an IRA, he or she was able to stretch the distributions over the beneficiary’s lifetime. However, under the SECURE Act, passed in 2019, those stretched out rules were changed for most...more

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