12 March 2017 | 5 replies
I send him a text every month on the 1st to pay on time or he has to pay a $50 late fee, which of course he never does, so I roll over and add the late fees to the next month and he'll eventually pay the total late fee.In the meantime, should I give him a warning and discuss with him what happened?

12 March 2017 | 3 replies
I have a question regarding rolling a traditional IRA into a Roth. Given:A traditional IRA that was funded via a closed 401k and grew for several years, with a value of $15,000A recent after-tax contribution to that ...

20 March 2017 | 12 replies
Here is a link to the IRS website for reference:https://www.irs.gov/retirement-plans/retirement-pl...What you can do is rollover your inherited IRA into self-directed IRA.

21 March 2017 | 3 replies
The Self-Directed IRA and Solo 401k DifferencesIn order to open a solo 401k, self-employment, whether on a part-time or full-time basis, is required;To open a self-directed IRA, self-employment income is not required;In order to gain IRA checkbook control over the self-directed IRA funds, a limited liability company (IRA LLC) must be utilized;The solo 401k allows for checkbook control from the onset;The solo 401k allows for personal loan known as a solo 401k loan;It is prohibited to borrow from your IRA;The Solo 401k may be invested in life insurance;The self-directed IRA may not be invested in life insurance;The solo 401k allow for high contribution amounts (for 2016, the solo 401k contribution limit is $53,000, whereas the self-directed IRA contribution limit is $5,500);The solo 401k business owner can serve as trustee of the solo 401k;The self-directed IRA participant/owner may not serve as trustee or custodian of her IRA; instead, a trust company or bank institution is required;When distributions commence from the solo 401k a mandatory 20% of federal taxes must be withheld from each distribution and submitted electronically to the IRS by the 15th of the month following the date of each distribution;Rollovers and/or transfers from IRAs or qualified plans (e.g., former employer 401k) to a solo 401k are not reported on Form 5498, but rather on Form 5500-EZ, but only if the air market value of the solo 401k exceeds $250K as of the end of the plan year (generally 12/31);When funds are rolled over or transferred from an IRA or 401k to a self-directed IRA, the amount deposited into the self-directed IRA is reported on Form 5498 by the receiving self-directed IRA custodian by May of the year following the rollover/transfer.Rollovers (provided the 60 day rollover window is satisfied) from an IRA to a Solo 401k or self-directed IRA are reported on lines 15a and 15b of Form 1040;Pre-tax IRA contributions on reported on line 32 of Form 1040;Pre-tax solo 401k contributions are reported on line 28 of Form 1040;Roth solo 401k funds are subject to RMDs;A Roth 401k may be transferred to a Roth IRA (Note that from a planning perspective, it may be advantageous to transfer Roth Solo 401k funds to a Roth IRA before turning age 70 ½ in order to escape the Roth RMD requirement applicable to Roth 401k contributions including Roth Solo 401k contributions and earnings.)

15 March 2017 | 10 replies
You'll want to consult your current administrator to maximize the amount you roll over as well as mitigate any tax obligation.You'll then be limited to $53,000 in contributions per year or $59,000 if you're over 50 years of age.But that is outside contributions...As a Solo 401k/IRA you'll be able to invest the entirety of the account into anything you choose (with limitations depending on who manages your account).

22 March 2017 | 5 replies
Here's a scenario and I need some advice:Say I (in my mid-30s) have an employer matched Roth 401k, a rollover IRA and a Roth IRA.

29 March 2017 | 25 replies
I would simply roll the 401-k funds over into a rollover IRA and into a low-cost mutual fund and forget about it.

25 March 2017 | 4 replies
I believe this is in part to the tie in that these lenders have with conventional institutions along with the rollover transitional loans they are marketing.

3 April 2017 | 10 replies
In order to do so the first thing you need to do is to setup a Self-Directed IRA and rollover your current IRA or 401k into it.

31 March 2017 | 10 replies
If you can wait for the returns, roll over the TSP.