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In April 2024 the IRS again granted taxpayers another year of relief from compliance with recently enacted laws concerning required minimum distributions (RMDs) from tax-deferred retirement accounts, including individual retirement accounts (IRAs) and 401(k)s. The SECURE Act, signed into law in 2019 and amended in 2022 under SECURE Act 2.0, introduced a requirement that certain […]

The IRS is providing high-income taxpayers with two years of relief from a Secure Act 2.0 provision that would have required them to begin allocating catch-up contributions to their 401(k)s on a Roth basis beginning in 2024. Section 603 of the Secure Act 2.0 called for 401(k), 403(b) and 457(b) plan participants age 50 and […]

Families rarely give to charity solely for a tax break. Still, it is not unreasonable to consider that charitable giving historically has played an important role in tax-efficient wealth and estate planning. Although fewer families have qualified to write off charitable gifts following tax reform enacted in 2017, some recent COVID-relief packages have changed the […]