IRAs: Tax Efficient Tools for Retirement

Course Details

Date

Thursday, October 24, 2019

5:30am – 1:00pm
(Registration: 5:00am)

Field of Study

Taxation

Course Number

4193906C

CPE Credit

8.0 hours CPE credit

Level of Knowledge

Update

Vendor

CalCPA Education Foundation

Prerequisites

General knowledge of individual/business income taxation and retirement accounts.

Description

Help your clients tax efficiently to save for retirement by learning the ins and outs of contributions to, distributions from, and tax planning for various types of individual retirement accounts (IRAs). This course provides comprehensive IRA reference materials, including examples of relevant tax law applications and tax planning strategies to help you help your clients.

Highlights

  • Recent legislative developments with IRAs.
  • Contribution and deduction limits (including phase-outs) to traditional, Roth, SEP, Individual 401ks and SIMPLE IRAs.
  • Taxation of distributions from various IRAs.
  • Rollover rules to/from different retirement accounts.
  • Required minimum distribution (RMD) rules from IRAs.
  • Overview of factors relevant to Roth vs. traditional IRA decision
  • Overview of health savings account (HSA) eligibility rules, contribution limits and distribution rules.

Objectives

  • Understand tax law changes relating to IRA.
  • Determine similarities and differences between various IRAs such as traditional, Roth, SEP, Individual 401k and SIMPLE. This includes comparing traditional 401ks and Roth 401ks to IRAs.
  • Calculate maximum contributions to various IRAs.
  • Determine the taxability of distributions from various IRAs.
  • Identify when early withdrawal penalties apply to distributions from various IRAs.
  • Compute required minimum distributions from IRAs.
  • Identify tax planning opportunities associated with IRAs including overview of factors relevant to the Roth vs. traditional IRA decision.

Designed For

Professionals with clients interested in saving for retirement in a tax efficient manner.

Registration for this course has passed.

Course Pricing

Member Fee

Applicable if you are a HSCPA member in good standing.

$245.00
Non-Member Fee

Applicable if you are not a HSCPA member.

$375.00
Your Price $375.00

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