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Ensuring a Secure Future: Passing Retirement Benefits to a Child with a Disability

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For parents of children with special needs, planning for the future goes far beyond drafting a will. One of the most complex — and important — pieces of the puzzle is ensuring that your retirement assets are distributed in a...more

Chambliss, Bahner & Stophel, P.C.

Passing Retirement Benefits to a Child With Special Needs

Under the SECURE Act, disabled beneficiaries can stretch out inherited retirement account distributions beyond 10 years, provided their life expectancy is longer than the default 10-year rule. Generally, an Applicable...more

Proskauer Rose LLP

Wealth Management Update - March 2025

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March 2025 AFRs and 7520 Rate - The March 2025 Section 7520 rate for use with estate planning techniques such as CRTs, CLTs, QPRTs and GRATs is 5.40%, which was the same as the February 2025 rate...more

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The Estate Planning Benefits of Marriage: What Unmarried Couples Need to Know

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It is becoming increasingly commonplace for people to enter long-term romantic relationships without legally marrying. While there are no exact statistics on how many Americans fall into this growing category, a 2019 Pew...more

Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP

2024 Year-End Estate Planning: Retirement Planning

The Setting Every Community Up for Retirement Enhancement Act of 2019 (the SECURE Act), was originally signed into law on December 20, 2019. Intended to assist and encourage Americans in saving and investing for retirement,...more

Keating Muething & Klekamp PLL

Estate Planning Update: Recent IRS Ruling Offers a Stark Reminder of the Benefits of Proper Estate Planning for Retirement...

Despite ultimately finding in favor of a taxpayer surviving spouse, IRS Private Letter Ruling 2023-22-014 (the “PLR”) is chock-full of reasons to ensure proper planning is in place when it comes to IRAs....more

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Important Provisions from SECURE Act 2.0 for Individuals and Nonprofits

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On December 29, 2022, the Securing a Strong Retirement Act (commonly referred to as SECURE Act 2.0) was signed into law. This is follow-up legislation to the Setting Every Community Up for Retirement Enhancement Act, which...more

Stoel Rives LLP

Changes Under Secure Act 2.0

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The SECURE 2.0 Act was signed into law in late December 2022. While the legislation contains a number of provisions, this alert focuses on the changes most relevant to individuals in their personal planning....more

Ruder Ware

IRS Releases Publication on RMDs for Inherited Retirement Benefits (and, of course, creates confusion)

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Ruder Ware’s Trusts & Estates blog has featured several posts (for example, Call to Action: Review Your Estate Plan in Light of the SECURE Act and Why SECURE Act Matters to You) on the SECURE Act, a federal law effective...more

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New legislation focusing on retirement savings attempts to build on SECURE Act

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Last year President Trump signed into law the Setting Every Community Up for Retirement Enhancement (SECURE) Act of 2019.  The SECURE Act was a far-reaching and bi-partisan effort aimed at increasing access to tax-advantaged...more

Woods Rogers

COVID-19 Isolation – A Good Time to Review Your Estate Planning Documents

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Are you stuck at home, isolated from the public, and your normal social interactions?  Perhaps this would be a good time to review those old estate planning documents: your Will, Power of Attorney, Health Care Power of...more

Farrell Fritz, P.C.

Wills, Trusts & Estates: Plain and Simple – New Retirement Account Rules: Should You Re-Visit Your Estate Planning Documents?

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Under the SECURE act, which was passed by Congress just before Christmas, the new starting age to take Required Minimum Distributions (“RMD’s”) from tax-deferred retirement accounts (exs. an IRA, a 401(k), hereinafter “IRAs”...more

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SECURE Act Impact on Estate Planning

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The Setting Every Community Up for Retirement Enhancement (SECURE) Act was made a part of the appropriations bill late in 2019 and was signed into law on December 20, 2019....more

McNees Wallace & Nurick LLC

McNees Insights – Estate Planning: March 2020

The current year sees us coming off a good year in the stock market and an economy that is strong. However, in November there is another presidential election cycle, which could bring change to which political party controls...more

Buckingham, Doolittle & Burroughs, LLC

The Secure Act | How SECURE are you in your estate plan? (video transcript)

In this transcript of the video below, attorneys Ron Wayne and Sarah Blank discuss the SECURE Act and the key provisions that may affect you....more

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2020 Estate Planning Update

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SECURE ACT - What you need to know: The Setting Every Community Up for Retirement Enhancement (SECURE) Act went into effect on January 1, 2020. The most significant provisions of the SECURE Act involve changes to the...more

Buckingham, Doolittle & Burroughs, LLC

The Secure Act | How secure are you in your estate plan?

In this brief video, attorneys Ron Wayne and Sarah Blank discuss the SECURE Act and the key provisions that may affect you....more

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Estate Planning Impact Of The Secure Act

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The ‘Setting Every Community Up for Retirement Enhancement’ Act (the “SECURE Act”) was signed into law on December 20, 2019 and became effective January 1, 2020....more

Chambliss, Bahner & Stophel, P.C.

If Your Estate Plan Includes IRAs, a New Law Means It Is Time to Reevaluate

Both workers and retirees may need to rethink some of their estate planning in light of the newest spending bill. The Setting Every Community Up for Retirement Enhancement (SECURE) Act, part of the massive bill, makes major...more

Troutman Pepper Locke

Estate Planning Implications of the SECURE Act

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On December 20, 2019, President Trump signed into law the Setting Every Community Up for Retirement Enhancement Act (SECURE Act). The SECURE Act substantially changes the law applicable to IRAs and other retirement vehicles....more

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SECURE Act Presents Planning Challenges and Opportunities for Retirement Accounts

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The Setting Every Community Up for Retirement Enhancement Act (the SECURE Act) was signed into U.S. law on December 20, 2019. The SECURE Act makes significant changes to the administration of IRAs and other tax-deferred...more

Farella Braun + Martel LLP

Your Retirement Planning and the SECURE Act

The Setting Every Community Up for Retirement Enhancement Act (or SECURE Act), signed into law on December 20, 2019, changes retirement planning significantly and unexpectedly. The bulk of the changes become effective as of...more

Buckingham, Doolittle & Burroughs, LLC

How SECURE is your estate plan?

Secure Act may significantly impact your beneficiaries. Effective January 1, 2020, the Setting Every Community Up for Retirement Enhancement Act (known as the “SECURE Act”) will impact many individuals with retirement plan...more

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The SECURE Act: Elimination of the Stretch IRA

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The "Setting Every Community Up for Retirement Enhancement Act of 2019" ("SECURE Act"), which Congress passed at the end of 2019, included changes that may significantly affect how your retirement accounts fit into your...more

Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP

The SECURE Act and its Impact on Retirement and Estate Planning

On December 20, 2019, President Trump signed into law landmark legislation titled “Setting Every Community Up for Retirement Enhancement” Act (“SECURE Act”). While the SECURE Act is intended to simplify the retirement system...more

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