Archive for the ‘IRAs, 401(k)s, 403(b)s, TSP(s)’ Category
Saturday, January 5th, 2008
One of the provisions of the Pension Protection Act of 2006 was to allow companies to automatically enroll their employees in their companies’ 401(k) plans, but it wasn’t until last October that companies got guidance on the categories of investments they had to choose for their workers’ contributions.
The ...
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Tuesday, December 4th, 2007
Fortunately, Dec. 31 is not the final decision date for what we do with our individual retirement accounts – the final 2007 IRA contribution deadline comes on April 15 next year – but it’s a good time to review the do’s and don’ts of successful IRA management.
Mistake No. 1 – ...
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Wednesday, September 21st, 2005
There are plenty of ways to save for retirement. And come January 2006, many Americans will be faced with evaluating and deciding whether to use a new tax-sheltered way of investing for retirement -- the Roth 401(k).
Starting next year, employers sponsoring 401(k) and 403(b) plans will be able to ...
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Wednesday, July 20th, 2005
On April 20, 2005, President Bush signed into law the Bankruptcy Abuse Prevention and Consumer Protection Act of 2005 (BAPA). The new law generally makes it tougher for people to protect their assets, but there are some exceptions. For instance, IRAs, fast becoming the biggest asset people have, actually receive ...
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Wednesday, June 1st, 2005
A recent U.S. Supreme Court ruling and new federal law have extended bankruptcy and lawsuit protection over most assets in individual retirement accounts. But the protection may not be complete for owners of large IRAs, caution financial planners.
Under federal ERISA law, assets held in most employer-based retirement plans such ...
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Sunday, May 1st, 2005
Do you know where the beneficiary forms are to your individual retirement accounts? For that matter, do you know who are your IRA beneficiaries?
You may think you know, but when was the last time you checked? Has it been years? Did you even fill out the beneficiary form provided by ...
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Tuesday, February 1st, 2005
The IRS is easing some of the nightmare financial consequences of mishandled tax-free rollovers from individual retirement accounts and retirement plans but taxpayers need to remain vigilant to avoid unnecessary taxes and penalties.
A rollover occurs when you take money out of either an IRA or qualified retirement plan such as ...
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Tuesday, February 1st, 2005
Millions of new teachers and health-care workers expected to be hired in the coming decade will need to become familiar with a retirement plan they may know little about: the 403(b), commonly called a tax-sheltered annuity.
403(b) plans are salary-deferral plans designed for teachers, college professors, health workers at nonprofit ...
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Saturday, January 1st, 2005
Your future Social Security payments might be smaller than expected?more than $300 a month smaller in some cases?and you might not even realize it.
Are you entitled to receive pension benefits from a job in which you pay no Social Security taxes, such as work for the federal government under the ...
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