Solo 401K Plan Maximum Contribution Calculator

August 20th, 2012

One of the major advantages of using a Solo 401K retirement plan over an IRA is the high annual contributions that one can make on an annual basis. Unlike an IRA, a Solo 401k plan allows a plan participant to make up to ten times the annual contributions to the Plan. The contributions can be [...]

August 16th, 2012

One of the major advantages of the self-directed IRA LLC is that one can make traditional as well as non-traditional investments, such as real estate on a tax-deferred basis. Self Directed IRA LLC offers one the ability to use his or her retirement funds to make almost any type of investment on their own without [...]

August 6th, 2012

Yes – a self-directed IRA LLC can have one IRA owner or more than IRA as a member of the LLC. A self directed IRA LLC owned by one IRA is treated as a disregarded entity for federal income tax purposes. Meaning the LLC is treated as a tax nothing, but is respected for limited [...]

July 13th, 2012

It’s a matter of choice as to which one fits into your retirement plan - for example: The couple buying the beach house with their Roth IRA’s may be planning to take the house as a tax free distribution at retirement. That makes great sense, however the average return on that house by the sea could be as [...]

July 3rd, 2012

It is a little known fact that the IRS allows retirement funds, such as an IRA or 401(k) Plan, to make real estate investments tax-free and penalty free. The way to accomplish this is to establish a self directed IRA. The main difference between an IRA and a self-directed IRA, is that with a [...]

July 2nd, 2012

When it comes to using IRA and nonrecourse financing to make an IRA or Roth IRA investment, it is crucial that one keeps in mind several important tax rules. In most instances, investors using retirement funds to make an investment will use cash to make the investment. Whether the investment is in the form of [...]

June 25th, 2012

With a Roth IRA, one is not required to take required minimum distributions, like a Traditional IRA. In addition, if a Roth IRA holder passes away and leaves his or her Roth IRA to a spouse, that spouse is not required to take any required minimum distributions (“RMD”) with respect to the Roth IRA. However, [...]

May 17th, 2012

During the past two years as crop prices have increased, so has the value of farmland. Midwest farmers in a five state region saw a 19% increase in value as of April 1 from a year earlier. The Great Plains states posted a 25% increase led by a 39% jump in Nebraska and 24% in [...]