An explanation of the rules and regulations that govern beneficiary designations, costly mistakes that are often made, and how to help clients avoid making such mistakes.
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Target Audience: Financial Advisors | Tax professionals | Financial professionals, including the staff at Credit Unions, Banks, Brokerage Firms and other financial institutions
Learning Objectives
- To learn about the steps that should be taken to avoid mistakes with moving inherited retirement accounts
- To be able to identify the different types of beneficiaries
- To understand the distribution options available to beneficiaries
- To identify the deadlines that apply to inherited retirement assets and the steps that must be taken and elections that must be made to meet such deadlines
- To understand the penalty that could apply when beneficiaries do not meet distribution deadlines, and when such penalty could be waived
- To understand the transfer and rollover rules that apply to beneficiaries