Fast Track Retirement Planning

Description

We are all (including tax practitioners) getting older, and the need for effective retirement planning has never been greater. This mini-course is essential for participants who wish to attain a comfortable retirement for themselves and their clients by maximizing tax-saving strategies. Retirement income needs are analyzed, Social Security benefits are determined, and distribution options from IRAs and retirement plans are explored.

Highlights

• Popular retirement myths • Defining retirement & determining retirement income needs • Savings • Assets • Social Security • Retirement plans • Distributions from retirement plans • Nonqualified deferred compensation • Life insurance • Estate planning

Objectives

• Identify the basic guidelines of retirement planning recognizing the ten misconceptions of retirement, and specify retirement based on key questions. • Determine retirement costs and income needs of clients based on their current budget, select tax savings strategies, and identify basic guidelines to use when purchasing assets to attain financial independence. • Recall the qualifications for Social Security retirement & disability benefits, specify a client's retirement benefits, and determine the difference between Medicare Part A and Medicare Part B. • Identify basic types of qualified corporate plans and other sources of retirement income such as SIMPLE plans and individual retirement accounts. • Determine the difference between annuity payments and lump-sum distributions, specify key components of rollovers, premature distributions & required distributions, and identify nonqualified deferred compensation. • Cite the benefits, uses, and types of life insurance, and specify how three basic estate planning tools can be incorporated into tax practice.