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Check back frequently for updates and guidance on all these new changes.
 
 
 IRA Webinar 4-Part Fall Series Open for Registration:
 
9/5/24         IRA Part 1 - The Basics
9/12/24       IRA Part 2 - Rollovers and Transfers
10/10/24     IRA Part 3 - Distributions (including new Beneficiary Payout Options)
10/17/24     IRA Part 4 - How to Audit your IRAs
 
 
 https://www.bankwebinars.com/iras-achieving-a-working-knowledge-from-start-to-finish-4-part-series-70bwus245340e 
 
 
"IRA Update":  In July 2024, the IRS realeased IRS Notice 2024-190 which finalized the Proposed Regulations released in February 2022 and clarified the Beneficiary Payout Options.
Effective 2025:  Beneficiaries of owners who died beginning in 2020 and the owner had reached his/her Required Beginning Date (April 1st of the year after RMD age) can no longer skip death distributions in years 1-9. Simply put, if the owner was in RMD status at death, the beneficiary must begin taking distributions the year after the owner died based on the younger age of the beneficiary or deceased owner.  Those must continue in years 1-9 and then closed by 12/31 of the 10th year after the owner dies.  For beneficiaries of owners who died between 2020-2023, the IRS did not impose a late penalty if distributions were not taken.  Beginning in 2025, they must start RMDs for the remaining 9-year period and still have it closed by 12/31 of the 10th year after the owner died.  To obtain the 2025 divisor: Using the Single Life Table look up the age of the beneficiary in the year after death, or the owner's age in the year of death (if younger than the beneficiary) and subtract one for every year up to 2025 to get next year's divisor.
 
 
 
"The IRS releases substantial Cost of Living Adjustment to IRAs for 2024".  See tables below.
 

 
"IRA Update":  (IRS Notice 2024-35):  Required Minimum Distributions to Beneficiaries
 The IRS has again the extended the exception for beneficiaries of owners who died begnning in 2020 and were in RMD status and the beneficiary did not begin death distributions the year after the owner died, will not receive the 25% excise tax for not taking it in a timely manner for the years 2021-2024.
 
"IRA Update":  (IRS Notice 2023-54): Required Minimum Distributions to IRA Owners and Beneficiaries"
This notice also clarified that beneficiaries of IRA owners who died beginning in 2020 and were in RMD status, will not be penalized if they do not take their single life expectancy death distributions in 2021, 2022 and 2023.  
 
  
"2024 IRA Annual 2-day Live Stream Event" - August 13-14, 2024 
Including 2024 Cost of Living Adjustments, New Federal Withholding Requirements (W-4R) and the Newly Enacted SECURE Act 2.0 effective January 1, 2023, Distributions to beneficiaries and much, much more!  An electronic version of the IRA Training Manual (the Red Book) will be included in the price.  Registration is now open through your State Banking Association or by accessing the link below:
 
 
 https://partners.bankwebinars.com/iras-2024-from-a-z-2-day-live-streaming-70bwus245170e?partner=sunwest-training-corp
 
 
SECURE Act 2.0 signed into law December 29, 2022
Raises Required Minimum Distribution age to 73 for those born between 1951 and 1959.
Raises Required Minimum Distribution age to 75 for those born after 1959
 
New W-4R Federal Withholding Requirements
The W-4P will no longer be used for an IRA client to choose to opt out or choose a percentage of federal withholding.
From January 2023 forward, the W-4R will replace the W-4P and be used as follows:
 
 
'On-Demand' Nonperiodic Payments - An IRA Distribution Form with a W-4R must be completed and signed for every IRA distribution where the client is not choosing the default 10% federal income tax withholding.  On line 2 of the W-4R the client can choose 0-100% federal income tax withholding.  If that form is not signed by the client for each withdrawal, the bank must default to 10% federal income tax withholding.

 
'Scheduled' Automatic Payments (monthly, quarterly, annually, etc.)  When a client sets up a scheduled payment from an IRA beginning in 2023, they must make the federal withholding election on the 2023 W-4R when setting up the schedule.  The bank must annually notify these clients by sending them an Annual Notice of Federal Withholding no more than 6 months before the scheduled payment date that they have the right to change their withholding election on file by completing a new W-4R.

 
 
Existing clients set up on "Scheduled" payments who previously signed a W-4P do not have to sign the new W-4R unless they change their federal withholding election.

 
IRS 50% Excise Tax Reduced for Excess Accumulations (under-distributing your RMD amount)

The IRS has reduced the penalty for not taking the full amount of an RMD from a 50% penalty to a 25% penalty effective for 2023 RMDs. 

If the client corrects the amount within a reasonable period of discovering the error - usually by the tax-filing deadline including extensions - the penalty may drop as low as 10%.
  
The client can still apply for a waiver of the penalty from the IRS in certain situations. 
 
 
 
  
 
IRA SECURE Act Amendments -  IRS has postponed mandatory amendments to customers until December 31, 2026.
 
 
IRA regular contribution deadline for Traditional, Roth, Coverdell ESAs and Health Savings Accounts for 2023 is Monday, April 15, 2024
 
 
12/31/2021   IRS has released new Uniform, Joint and Single Life Expectancy Chart for use in calculating distributions effective for 2022.  
 
 Check with your processor to make sure they are updating your life expectancy calculation tables to be used beginning for 2022 distributions.
 
  
 


The Secure Act of 2019 is now a law and effective January 1, 2020
 
On December 20, 2019 the Secure Act of 2019 was signed into law with major changes to IRA contributions, RMDs for owners and beneficiaries and Annual RMD Notice changes. The revisions are summarized below:
 
  • Nonspouse Beneficiaries of IRA owners who died 1/1/2020 or later are no longer allowed to take distributions over the Single Life Expectancy method.  Unless the beneficiary meets one of the exceptions of spouse, disabled, minor child, chronically ill or nonspouse beneficiaries less than 10 years younger than the owner, the Inherited IRA must be closed by December 31st of the 10th year after the owner dies.  There are no "required" distributions in the first 9 years but the account must be paid out by the 10th year after the owner's death.*
*  The Proposed Regulations released February 2022 will require some nonspouse beneficiaries can to take SLE payouts in years 1-9 instead of being optional.

 


 I have revised my 2023-2024 IRA Training Manual (aka the "Red Book").  It is available for a discounted price of $115 if you attend the Webinar or it is included in your seminar registration fee if you attend an IRA
Live Stream training class through www.BankWebinars.com .  Please click on the "IRA Manual Order" tab to complete your order and the  "IRA Training" tab to see my full 2024 schedule of live and virtual IRA Training Seminars and Webinars. 
 
 
 Required Minimum Distributions to Qualified Charities Have Been Extended Permanently Effective December 18, 2015      
The Consolidated Approriations Act of 2016 was signed into law on Friday, December 2015. One of several provisions regarding IRA changes was the ability for 70.5 year old IRA accountholders and beneficiaries of IRAs who have attained the age of 70.5 or older to use their RMD amount plus more up to $105,000 per year (increased for 2024) to make tax exempt charitable contributions directly from an IRA to qualified charities has been made permanent by this Act effective immediately. 
 
The following procedure must be followed in order for the tax exemption to take affect:beginning in the calendar year of 2015 and beyond:

1.  IRA account owners and beneficiaries of IRAs who have attained the age of 70.5 or older will instruct the financial institution to take a distribution from their IRA and have a bank check or cashier's check made payable directly to a Qualified Charity.  The financial institution can mailt the check directly or the IRA accountholder can mail it to the charity.
2.  The financial institution will code the distribution as either a "normal distribution" if coming from an IRA owner's account (IRS code "7" in box 7 of the 1099-R) or a "death distribution" if coming from an Inherited IRA (IRS code "4" in box 7 of the 1099-R).  The should NOT be coded as an IRS Code "F" - "Charitable Gift Annuity"
3.  The IRA accountholder will take the tax exemption on the IRA distribution line of his her tax return (line 4a and 4b of the 1040 form) and put the letters "QCD" next to 4b to take the exemption.  See the 1040 instructions for more details.
 
IRA ROLLOVERS WERE CHANGED IN 2015
Effective January 1, 2015, the new definition of the "once-per-12 month" rule applies to the IRA accountholders "aggregate" IRAs - NOT per IRA, NOT per plan type and NOT per financial institution. Once an accountholder has taken money out of ANY of their IRA plans and rolled those fund over, the accountholder cannot do any more rollovers from any of his/her IRAs for the next 12 months - starting from the date of the distribution. Any additional distributions will be ineligible for rollover during that 12 month period. This does not apply to QP to IRA rollovers or conversions from Traditional or SEPs to Roth IRAs.  Additional IRA to IRA movement has to be done as direct IRA to IRA non-reportable "transfers". 

 
August 24, 2016  IRS releases 11 exceptions when the financial institution may accept late rollovers (past 60 days) if the accountholder "self-certifies" the exception.  
The accountholder will sign a "self-certification" letter provided by the financial institution choose the exceptions that apply.  The bank will report the late rollover in box 13a of the 5498 as a "postponed contribution" - not in box 2 as a "rollover" contribution.  In box 13c of the 5498 the financial institution will use the code "SC" for "Self Certification". 
 
   

2023/2024 Cost of Living Adjustments


Traditional and Roth IRAs

Annual Regular Contribution Limits

Contribution Year

Contribution Limit

Under Age 50

Contribution Limit

Age 50 And Over

2023

 $6500

$7500

2024

 $7000

$8000


Traditional IRA Deductibility Modified Adjusted Gross Income Limits for Qualified Employer Plan Participants are as follows for 2022/2023:

SINGLE TAXPAYERS AS ACTIVE PARTICIPANT OF QP
TRADITIONAL IRA DEDUCTION ELIGIBILTY AND MAGI IS:

Tax Years       Full Deduction     Partial Deduction           No Deduction

2023              <$73,000           $73,000 - $83,000    >$83,000
2024           <$77,000           $77,000 - $87,000    >$87,000

 

MARRIED TAXPAYERS AND BOTH ARE ACTIVE PARTICIPANTS OF QP
OR, THE COVERED SPOUSE'S ELIGIBILITY IF ONLY ONE SPOUSE IS COVERED 
TRADITIONAL IRA DEDUCTION ELIGIBILTY AND JOINT MAGI IS:

Tax Years       Full Deduction      Partial Deduction         No Deduction

2023          <$116,000         $116,000 - $136,000            >$136,000
2024          <$123,000         $123,000 - $143,000     >$143,000 

 

ONE SPOUSE IS ACTIVE PARTICIPANT AND ONE SPOUSE IS NOT COVERED:
NON-COVERED SPOUSE MAY TAKE THE DEDUCTION IF JOINT MAGI IS:

Tax Years       Full Deduction      Partial Deduction         No Deduction
2023 <$218,000           $218,000 - $228,000        >$228,000
2024 <$230,000           $230,000 - $240,000        >$240,000

 

Simplified Employee Pension Plan (SEP)
Annual Regular Contribution Limits

Contribution Year

Compensation Base

Maximum Contribution Limit

2023

0-25% of up to $330K

$66,000

2024

0-25% of up to $345K 

$69,000

 

 

Savings Incentive Match Plan for Employees/Employers (SIMPLE IRA)Annual Regular Contribution Limits

Contribution Year

Annual Salary Deferral Contribution Limit
Under Age 50

Annual Salary Deferral Contribution Limit
Age 50 And Over

2023

$15,500

$19,000

2024

$16,000

 $19,850 



 

ROTH IRA CONTRIBUTION ELIGIBILITY
MODIFIED ADJUSTED INCOME PHASEOUT CHART

 

SINGLE TAXPAYERS 

 

 Tax Years    Full Contribution      Partial Contribution       No Contribution


  2023               <$138,000            $138,000 - $153,000           >$153,000

  2024               <$146,000            $146,000 - $161,000           >$161,000

 

MARRIED TAXPAYERS FILING JOINTLY
 

 Tax Years   Full Contribution      Partial Contribution       No Contribution


 2023             <$218,000              $218,000 - $228,000            >$228,000

 2024             <$230,000              $230,000 - $240,000            >$240,000

 

 HEALTH SAVINGS ACCOUNT

Contribution Amounts 2023 / 2024

 

Year
Contribution Limit Under Age 55
Single Coverage
Contribution Limit Under Age 55
Family Coverage
Additional Contribution
Age 55 And Over


2023


$3,850

 

$7,750

 

$1000

 

 2024

 
4,150


8,300  


 $1000
                            

 
 
 





 

 

 

 

 

 

High Deductible Health Plan (HDHP) Definition is as follows: 

Single HDHP minimum deductible   $ 1,500  (2023)   $1,600 (2024)

Family HDHP minimum deductible   $ 3,000 (2023)   $3,200  (2024)


Out-of-Pocket Expense Limits:

Single HDHP     $  7,500   (2023),   $  8,050  (2024)

Family HDHP    $15,000   (2023),   $16,100  (2024)


Effective 2020:

*  Over-the-counter drugs without a prescription and medical Televisits are now qualified tax-free medical expenses.