IRS Warns of 50 Percent Penalty for Failing to Make Retirement Withdrawals December 19, 2022 Updated: December 19, 2022 ..........................................................................................................................
Throughout the decades, millions of Americans had small amounts from their paychecks withdrawn—before taxes were deducted—and invested the money in retirement plans.
As those taxpayers retire or plan for retirement, the Internal Revenue Service is reminding them about required mandatory withdrawals from retirement accounts. Failure to withdraw funds or not taking the minimum required amount could result in a 50 percent excise tax on the amount distributed, according to the IRS.
If you’re doing some year-end tax planning, are age 72 or were born in 1950 or earlier with a retirement plan, the IRS encourages you to begin making decisions concerning the required minimum withdrawal. Account holders can delay making their first required minimum distribution until April 1, following the later of the year they reach 72, or when they retire if they have a workplace retirement plan.
The amount withdrawn is taxable income and may be subject to penalties if not made by certain IRS deadlines.
The money withdrawn can’t be rolled over to another individual retirement account (IRA). For those with Roth IRAs, distributions aren’t required while the original owner is alive, according to the IRS.
If you’re still working at age 72, IRS rules require the holders of most retirement accounts to begin taking distributions. If you turned 72 this year, the IRS requires the first minimum distribution by April 1, 2023, the second by Dec. 31, 2023, and each year thereafter.
The IRS made a pandemic-related distribution exception in 2020. Required minimum distributions were waived and an account owner or beneficiary who received a distribution in 2020 had the option of returning it to their IRA or another qualified plan to avoid paying taxes on that distribution. A required minimum distribution in 2020 that qualified as a pandemic-related distribution may be repaid over a three-year period or have the taxes on the distribution spread over three years.
By Joe Mueller https://www.theepochtimes.com/irs-warns-of-50-percent-penalty-for-failing-to-make-retirement-withdrawals_4921622.html
The alarming thing is they make you spend your retirement savings starting at 72 whether you want to or not, so that if you live to 80 or so you've already been forced to deplete your retirement savings. Government intends to bankrupt its citizens before they die, one way or another.
I bought a Roth IRA out of the blue 20 years ago and it turned out to be the smartest accidental financial decision of my life. Roths seem to be exempt from all of their confiscation and taxes. Recommend.
Roth accounts are individually opened and maintained with post income tax money. You earned the money, paid the income tax, bought a Roth. Annual contributions are capped at $3,000 per year. But it's a portfolio that is invested by the owner's direction and upon retirement age withdrawals, they are income tax free.
401k's are more complicated and after 30 or 40 years, look a lot more tax backloaded than what was originally promised. Especially if they can penalize %50 for some kind of missed bureaucratic deadline withdrawal rate. That's starting to border on crazy talk/ +theft.
We have plenty of people here who are paying income now to retirement accounts that they will only be able to withdraw later in life as the government allows - because they invested in those retirement plans with pre-income tax earnings.
Pay the income tax now and invest in other retirement strategies. I'm of the conclusion that 401k's are a lifelong income drain.
Contact an estate tax attorney to set up a legal contingency for when the time comes.
Piss them off by withdrawing the required amount, buying gold coins and sneaking it to your heirs so they can't nick it via their "inheritance tax".
Taxation is theft. Let me manage my own money.
Imagine thinking that retirement is still a thing.
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