Mar 16, 2023 | 401k Plans, Choosing a Retirement Plan, IRA (Individual Retirement Accounts), Roth 401k, Roth IRA
The Benefits of Saving in a Retirement Plan or IRA Why should someone save in an IRA or a retirement plan, instead of a regular savings account? Individual Retirement Accounts (IRAs) and retirement plans provide tax advantages that a regular savings account does...
Nov 16, 2022 | 401k Plans, Roth 401k
When thinking of retirement, most workers (and their employers) probably associate the name “Roth” with the letters “IRA.” After all, the Roth IRA has been around since the 1998 tax year and has been widely embraced by many individuals seeking to maximize their...
Apr 19, 2013 | 401k Plans, Roth 401k, Target Date Funds
In February the Department of Labor’s Employee Benefits Security Administration (EBSA) issued new guidance for plan fiduciaries regarding Target Date Funds (TDFs), a relatively new and increasingly popular destination for retirement plan contributions. Although...
Apr 2, 2013 | 401k Plans, Roth 401k
The Joint Committee on Taxation recently clarified provisions relating to the expanded in-plan Roth conversions. As discussed in our March 11 post, the American Taxpayer Relief Act of 2012 expanded in-plan Roth conversions to include all pre-tax accounts, whether or...
Mar 11, 2013 | 401k Plans, 403b Plans, 457b Plans, Roth 401k
As part of the American Taxpayer Relief Act (ATRA) signed by President Obama in early January, all 401k, 403b, and 457b retirement savings plans now have the option to allow participants to convert some or all of their pre-tax contributions (namely, pre-tax 401k...
Mar 7, 2013 | 401k Plans, IRA (Individual Retirement Accounts), Roth 401k
In our previous post we looked at the concept of the Roth 401k, which is simply the option to contribute dollars on an after-tax basis to a traditional 401k plan (assuming that the plan sponsor has amended the plan document to allow such contributions, as required by...