There is no question that this has been a terrible year in the stock market. If you have the majority of your holdings in stocks, this can cause big problems as you may have to sell stocks at a loss in order to pay your RMD. In addition, many seniors believe that since the stock market went down significantly this year, so too will their RMD. This is not necessarily true. Your RMD for this year is based on the retirement account balances at the end of 2022, not 2023. That’s why it is always a good idea to have some cash or money market funds in your retirement accounts so that you don’t have to liquidate stocks at an inconvenient time. If you have cash outside of your IRA, one way to avoid selling stocks is to transfer stocks equivalent in value to the RMD from the retirement account to a regular brokerage account. That way, you can hang onto the stocks and hopefully they will recover.
IRS Gives Relief To Taxpayers Who Inherited IRAs In 2020 And 2021
The Internal Revenue Service has announced that it will delay enforcement new rules requiring withdrawals from some inherited retirement accounts until 2023. This follows a myriad of complaints that the changes were confusing. The relief applies to taxpayer complaining that the changes were confusing and applies to anyone who inherited retirement accounts in 2020 or 2021 who the IRS said had to take annual withdrawals right away instead of waiting until the end of a 10-year period to liquidate the accounts. This means that this group of taxpayers is not required to take RMDs for 2021 and 2022.
IRS Taking Public Comments On Controversial Change In Rules For Inherited IRAs
`The IRS will take public comments through May 25 on a controversial change to the Setting Every Community Up for Retirement Enhancement Act, which passed in 2019. Known as the SECURE Act, it allowed anyone who inherited an IRA to withdraw the money any way that they wanted, including skipping annual distributions, provided the account was drawn down to zero by the end of year 10. Now, the IRS is proposing that this option would only be available to non spouse beneficiaries who inherit an IRA if the original owner dies before having to take required minimum distributions. If the original owner dies after April 1 following the year of the person’s 72nd birthday, the date when RMDs are first required, non spouse beneficiaries must take RMDs in the first nine years and then empty the account in year 10 (Kiplinger’s Retirement Report, May 2022 page 14).
New Rules For IRA Required Minimum Distributions
With the exception of the COVID-19 blip over the last two years, people are living longer and the IRS has changed the rules on Required Minimum Distributions (RMDs) on IRA’s, 401(k)’s and 403(b)’s. RMDs were suspended for 2020 because of COVID, but they are back. You don’t have to take RMDs from Roth IRAs, but you do from non-Roth’s. The 2019 Secure Act raised to 72 the age at which RMD’s kick in, up from 70.5 years, but not for people who were already taking RMDs in 2019. Starting in 2022, many people will have RMD’s that are about 6-7% smaller than they would have been under the IRS’s old life expectancy tables. Speak to your tax accountant because the rules have become very complex (See AARP Bulletin, December 2021, page 30).
Monterey, CA Tips On ROTH IRA Conversions
Tax rates are likely to go up under the Biden administration, and one hedge against this is to convert an existing IRA or 401(k) to a Roth IRA. You will have to pay taxes on the amount converted but then the IRA grows tax free. Talk to a tax advisor—and make sure you wait closer to year-end before doing it in case tax rates increase this year. Or let Monterey Bank or one of our other local banks walk you through the rules. There are few—for instance, there are no Required Minimum Distributions from this type of IRA.
Monterey, CA Avoid Taxes on Required Minimum IRA Distributions By Giving To Non-Profits
Although the IRS requires us to withdraw a certain amount each year from our retirement accounts in order to satisfy the Required Minimum Distribution requirements. However, if you don’t need the money, you can transfer money directly to a non-profit via a qualified charitable distribution. This can be done for a total of up to $100K per year and meet the IRS guideline. You can split your contributions between as many charities as you want under IRS rules, although some banks do place a limit on this. Talk to your bank and a local accounting firm like Hayashi & Wayland.
New Legislation Could Boost Retirement Savings
A bill from Rep. Richard Neal (D, Mass.) and Rep. Kevin Brady (R. TX) would boost the age for required minimum distributions (RMDs) from IRAs and 401 (k) accounts to 75, from 72. It applies to those born after June 30, 1949. It would also waive RMDs entirely who have a cume total of less than $100K.