Iras, 401(k)S & Other Retirement Plans - 17th Edition by Twila Slesnick & Tracy Shea (Paperback)

About the Book

When you want or need to take money out of a retirement plan--whether you've inherited the plan or you're retiring, buying a house, or just in need of money--this book will help you make the best financial choices. Anyone who is approaching retirement, retiring early, changing jobs, or wondering what to do with an inherited plan will benefit from the advice in this book. Includes new rules from SECURE Act.

Book Synopsis

Save your nest egg from the IRS

About to retire? Over 73 and facing mandatory withdrawal rules? Just inherited money from a retirement plan?

Whether you have an IRA, Roth IRA, 401(k), Keogh or other retirement plan, this book will help you make sense of the rules for taking your money out. Even more important, it will show you how to avoid the stiff taxes and penalties that lurk in the fine print. It covers:

• tax strategies before and after retirement


• required distributions and how much you need to take


• penalties for taking money out early and how to avoid them


• what happens to your retirement plan after your death


• different rules for taking money out of an inherited plan, and


• how to divide a plan at divorce.

In easy-to-understand plain English, the book is filled with examples and sample forms, as well as lists of relevant tax code sections. The 17th edition covers all of the latest changes, including:

• the new start age for required distributions, and


• big changes to the distribution rules for inherited retirement plans and IRAs.

Learn how to take cash out of your retirement plan while avoiding taxes and penalties!

Review Quotes

"Depending on the size of the IRA and the age of the beneficiary, it might be smarter to pay the penalty than to liquidate the account simply to avoid the penalty," says Twila Slesnick, author of IRAs, 401(k)s & Other Retirement Plans. Kiplinger's Retirement Report

"A more impressively clear and comprehensive layman's guide is IRAs, 401(k)s & Other Retirement Plans..." U.S. News & World Report

"Few resources are as valuable when it comes to financial planning in later life." The Wall Street Journal

"This book belongs on the bookshelf of anyone with a retirement plan. Here's where you'll find the answers." Kiplinger's Personal Finance

"Uses everyday language to describe Internal Revenue Service rules for making withdrawals from retirement plans." The Wall Street Journal