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- individual retirement account: a pension plan, designed for individuals without a company pension plan, that allows annual sums, subject to limits dependent upon employment income, to be set aside from...
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- Individual Retirement Accounts
- "An IRA is the most basic sort of retirement arrangement. People tend to think of an IRA as something that just individuals do (hence the "I" in IRA). But an employer can help its employees to set up and fund their IRAs. With an IRA, what the employee gets at...
- White papers
- What to Do with Your 401(k) Now
- The list of mutual funds in your company retirement plan was overwhelming enough ? and that was before the stock market plummeted, and then rallied. Now it may seem as if any move you make could be the wrong one. Snap out of it with this four-step...
- Articles 2009-10-21
- Retirement Planning: What to Do Now
- Whether you're 25 years away from retirement or you've already started packing up your office, there are specific steps you should now take to ensure your financial security. This step-by-step guide will keep you on track for a stress-free dismount from the corporate treadmill. 20 to 25 Years...
- Articles 2009-10-14
- Rehabilitating a Lopsided Portfolio
- When the Radoseviches began phasing into retirement in 2006, their portfolio was worth about $1.5 million. Not anymore. Don, like everyone else, was enthralled by the stock market’s seemingly unstoppable surge in value in the past 20 years. He recalls, with something like nostalgia, that “from 1990 to 2000, everything...
- Articles 2009-09-24
- Reality Check: Tackling the Day's Top Stories
- Our editors weigh in on the economic recovery, new retirement savings rules, and health care reform.
- Videos 2009-09-08
- Best Health and Retirement Plans for the Self-Employed
- As an entrepreneur, you need to become your own benefits manager. This guide will show you how to find the right health and retirement plans with the least amount of headaches. Health Benefits 1. Grab the subsidized COBRA deal, if...
- Articles 2009-08-27
- Retire When You Want To
- Yes, it's possible — if you make a few smart moves while you're working and reconsider where you'll live once you stop. Well, yes, we have. And it’s still...
- Articles 2009-06-29
- Can You Afford to Retire ... Ever?
- The "new normal" retirement will start at 67, not 62. You'll pay for it with investments that don't even exist today. And you'd better start saving now. You know what happened...
- Articles 2009-06-22
- 9 Things Brokers Won't Tell You
- Can you trust your broker to be honest with you? Read these nine cautions to find out. ...
- Articles 2009-05-14
- Overlooked Tax Deductions
- These tax deductions and credits can mean big savings on your 2008 federal income tax return. But you may not know about them, especially the new ones. So before you send in your return, check out these write-offs and take the ones you're due. ...
- Articles 2009-04-03
- How Can Uncle Sam Help You?
- You've put off the inevitable and now April 15th is staring you down. Don't panic! MoneyWatch's Jill Schlesinger shares last-minute deduction tips.
- Videos 2009-04-01
- The Rockin' Tax-Free Roth
- Among the many retirement savings options, there is one account that stands out above the others. It's the Roth IRA or 401k. In most cases, a Roth will let you save more and keep more than any other retirement plan. Find out why... When it comes to investing for...
- Articles 2009-03-09
- Consequences Suffered by Non-Conforming IRAs
- Between the time one contribute to and distribute from one's IRA, one will likely invest his assets to make the best possible return. When investing one's IRA assets or implementing certain transactions, he must exercise caution. Lack of knowledge about the rules can lead to serious tax consequences, including the...
- White papers 2003-07-30
- Investing In Real Estate with an IRA
- A special asset IRA custodian which allows its clients to use their retirement funds to invest in all forms of real estate investments permitted by the IRS. Most real estate investors are not aware that they can use their IRA funds to invest in real estate. More importantly, they do...
- White papers 2001-04-20
- Don't Tap Into Your 401(k)? Easy for Experts to Say
- You know it's unwise to ransack your 401k or IRA funds even if you face a serious cash crunch, but you do it anyway. Shame on you! If only your sure-to-be-impoverished, 70-year-old self could come back in time and smack you silly to prevent such foolishness. In...
- Blog posts 2009-10-29
Additional Resources
- Payroll Deduction IRA
- "The Payroll Deduction IRA is probably the simplest retirement arrangement that a business can do. In fact, no plan document need be adopted under this arrangement.The employer has no filing equirements. Only employees make the contributions. Any size business can provide this. Under a Payroll Deduction IRA,...
- White papers
- Inherited IRA.
- INHERITED IRA I inherited my mother's IRA five years ago when she died. My understanding is that I cannot roll this into my IRA, but that I have to withdraw all of the money this year--the fifth year after her death--and pay taxes on...
- Research articles 2006-03-01
- Real Estate Investors, Reduce Your Taxes While Contributing More Than $2,000 Annually to an IRA!
- The article is about real estate investors. One of the most frequently occurred question by investor is "Is there any way that can one contribute more than $2,000 to into a truly self directed IRA?." The first response to them is: "How much would they like to put into...
- White papers 2003-01-01
- Tax Treatment of Roth IRA Distributions
- The Tax Payer Relief Act of 1997 created the Roth IRA, which was made effective for tax years beginning 1998. Prior to 1998, individuals who wanted to fund an IRA could make either a deductible or nondeductible contribution to a Traditional IRA. But distributions from Traditional IRAs are generally treated...
- White papers 2003-03-04
- It's all yours: with a Roth Ira, you don't have to share any of your nest egg with the IRS. (Roth IRA).(individual retirement accounts)(United States Internal Revenue Service)
- NEXT YEAR will be a watershed year for the Roth IRA. It will be the first time the real promise of this retirement account will come true, the first time Roth IRA owners will be allowed to withdraw earnings from their accounts absolutely tax-free. ...
- Research articles 2002-09-22
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