Credit for Qualified Retirement Savings Contribution

Here we are again its tax time. And with all the turmoil in our country not to mention in our private lives, Uncle Sam expects us to sit up and take notice of the time of year and file our tax returns with the IRS. Well I don’t know about you but with all the tax law changes and the comings and goings it can be down right confusing for the average American. I spend half the year before January studying and preparing to meet all of my clients needs and goals, and I still can find a surprise or two at my desk each morning. Take for instance the new “Savers Tax Credit,” this little gem will only be with us the next four years, by the time it catches on…it’ll be gone.

Retirement Savings Contribution Credit is a tax credit allowing eligible contributions to an employer sponsored retirement plan or an IRA become tax deductible. A percentage of your qualifying retirement contributions are determined by using federal form 8880.

Qualifying retirement plans are Traditional and or Roth IRA contributions, and salary reduction contributions to most employer sponsored retirement plans (401k). You may include certain voluntary after tax plans as well.

You cannot claim this credit if any of these circumstances apply to you:
You were born after January 1,1985
You are claimed as dependents on another persons return
You are a full time student

Table of Income and Filing Status Percentage for Retirement Savings Contribution
If your filing status isAnd Your AGI isYour Percentage is
Married Filing JointlyNot over 30,00030,000------32,50032,500-------49,99950,000 or Above5020100
Head of HouseholdNot over 22,50022,500----24,37524,375----37,50037,501 or Above5020100
Single, Qualifying Widow(er) or Married Filing SeparatelyNot Over 15,00015,000-----16,25016,251----25,00025,001 or Above5020100

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Here we are again its tax time. And with all the turmoil in our country not to mention in our private lives, Uncle Sam expects us to sit up and take notice of the time of year and file our tax returns with the IRS. Well I don’t know about you but with all the tax law changes and the comings and goings it can be down right confusing for the average American. I spend half the year before January studying and preparing to meet all of my clients needs and goals, and I still can find a surprise or two at my desk each morning. Take for instance the new “Savers Tax Credit,” this little gem will only be with us the next four years, by the time it catches on…it’ll be gone.

Retirement Savings Contribution Credit is a tax credit allowing eligible contributions to an employer sponsored retirement plan or an IRA become tax deductible. A percentage of your qualifying retirement contributions are determined by using federal form 8880.

Qualifying retirement plans are Traditional and or Roth IRA contributions, and salary reduction contributions to most employer sponsored retirement plans (401k). You may include certain voluntary after tax plans as well.

You cannot claim this credit if any of these circumstances apply to you:
You were born after January 1,1985
You are claimed as dependents on another persons return
You are a full time student

Table of Income and Filing Status Percentage for Retirement Savings Contribution
If your filing status isAnd Your AGI isYour Percentage is
Married Filing JointlyNot over 30,00030,000------32,50032,500-------49,99950,000 or Above5020100
Head of HouseholdNot over 22,50022,500----24,37524,375----37,50037,501 or Above5020100
Single, Qualifying Widow(er) or Married Filing SeparatelyNot Over 15,00015,000-----16,25016,251----25,00025,001 or Above5020100

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Pressed for cash, many people will take money out of their individual
retirement account (IRA) as a means to get quick access to capital.
They do this even though they have to pay taxes and generally
if they are younger than 59 ½, also pay a 10% penalty on the money
they withdraw.

Only as a last resort should one touch their retirement savings
for anything other than retirement expenses. But, in those cases
when you need to tap into your retirement savings, a way to get money
out of your retirement account without paying the penalty and deferring
the tax was just made available beginning in 2002, as a result
of a tax law change.

Under the new law, those with a small business and no employees
or only a spouse as an employee can establish Solo-Owner 401(k) plans
and take a loan from those plans. The loan from the Solo-Owner 401(k)
is not treated as a withdrawal. As such it is not subject to tax
and the 10% penalty for early withdrawal as long as you repay the loan
on time.

You can roll over or transfer the funds you have in your IRAs, 401(k),
403(b), or other qualified retirement funds into your Solo-Owner 401(k)
and then borrow from the balance in your Solo-Owner 401(k) plan.

Employees of large corporations for the most part always had
the ability to borrow from their 401(k). Now small business owners,
such as freelancers, consultants, and entrepreneurs, who have left
the corporate world also have that choice. They can borrow up to the
lesser of $50,000 or 50% of the balance in their 401(k).
A Solo-Owner 401(k) plan gives small business owners the opportunity
to defer up to $40,000 per year in a tax deferred retirement plan
and the flexibility, should they ever need it, to borrow from their
retirement funds.

The Solo-Owner 401(k) plan goes under different names depending on
the provider of the plan. Make sure you are aware in advance of
the fees that may be associated with rolling over or transferring
your money into or out of your Solo-Owner 401(k) plan.
For more information on the Solo-Owner 401(k) plan and other ways
to get money out of your retirement plan while minimizing the taxes
and penalties visit www.InvestSafe.com