AVOIDING INHERITED IRA HELL
 
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  08/02/2010
 
 
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My mission? To reach you in time! This is one destination you never want to end up in. Because once there, you are never getting out!

For the person seeking valid and current information on the best way to leave your large IRA to your heirs, and exactly what it takes to leave it to your revocable living trust here in Arizona -- this site is for you.

Hi! I am M.D. Anderson, a long-term financial advisor originally from Forest City, Iowa. If you never heard of it, just think "Winnebago" -- as in motor homes!

A few years ago, a new client referral walked into my office for his first appointment and notified me up front that he would be receiving his fathers IRA proceeds check the very next day. And, he was fully aware that this $320,000+ check was going to be 100% taxable!

My first thoughts were that he really couldn't do anything about it. But, my second thoughts eventually saved him and his brother about $120,000 in needless income taxes!

And, since then, just as many have met with me or by phone conferences to tell me they were too late.  They get huge checks and cash them only to find out later on sites like this -- some bad advice was given to them. The end result is that Uncle Sam gets his money up front and the new heir gets to keep the other 60%!!!  It makes me sick...and it isn't even my money!

 
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I have one for you!

Missy here has a present for you but you better open it before it is too late. You see, the Inherited IRA Hell I am talking about is completely avoidable if you take the right action BEFORE a big IRA owner dies. Before, you're fine.

After, you could easily end up in Inherited IRA Hell as an heir. What is the hell? It is being stuck with needless federal and state income tax on your beneficial share of qualified funds (IRA, 401-k, TSA, etc.) left to you by your deceased loved one indirectly to their own living trust instrument. And, because this procedure is becoming more common, having advisors who were not able to find a way or know a way to avoid income tax on the proceeds!

Sometimes, this scenario is due to your current money advisors not being informed or experienced enough to give you the professional advisory you deserve. In other cases, sadly, it is because they are too greedy to ever help you avoid paying the high taxes due when a trust becomes a direct beneficiary of the qualified funds death payment payout!

But, there is a much more common way you as an heir can end up in Inherited IRA Hell and it has nothing to do with beneficial payments direct to the decedent's living trust. They DO have everything to do with uneducated or incompetent financial advisors who will wrongly tell you that the IRA money has to be taxed! Since, 2001 when the IRS added some really neat features to IRA options after death, (obviously, of no real benefit to the deceased IRA owner) money advisors, accountants, financial planners and so called "estate planners" do not always get it right. Then the features and options you deserve as heir can either die with the IRA owner or not be presented to you after the death!

In fact, I would bet that the information you obtain on this free Inherited IRA (A.K.A. Beneficiary IRA) information website will bend your ear all the way down to your wallet if you find out more options, after the fact, then what your IRA advisor(s) told you were available to you regarding your share of an inherited IRA. Especially if they have already caused full taxable income from your inherited IRA!

Malpractice and malfeasance in this area of financial advisory and practice is becoming legendary. In fact, if you are a law firm owner and reading this information site, I would give you the free gift of an area of practice you should do really well in starting up RIGHT NOW!

That is because an estimated 5+ Trillion dollars in qualified funds* still remains "after" the market crash and is now resting in the hands of both Baby boomers and Mature Adults here in America! Let me say that a different way:

$ 5,000,000,000,000.00 !!!

* "Qualified funds" is an IRS term for ANY tax favored money that provides a retirement benefit to you and is under special rules. The opposite is "non-qualified" funds which do not get special tax treatment, but also are not restricted as far as when you can draw money out without a penalty, taxation, or both penalty and taxation at ordinary income tax rates.

And, the game is on for all of the financial advisors in America to try and get a "cut" of all of this Qualified funds money as it changes hands! Some will offer you fee based management, some will offer you commission based products, and some will offer you both. Roughly, 60% resides in equities and the other 40% in fixed account type investments in our country.

What is important here is that too many advisors are just plain dumb about the taxation issues! And, because they are not tax experts, and few are IRA experts (though some took a class that says they are), bad stuff is happening as this money comes out of the estate settlement process. Law firms farm accounting tasks out to CPA's on larger estates. Even CPA's have been sleepy, but they are waking up fast! Many read this information site and respond to me knowing they can count on the information we publish.

Instead of using the "S -- T -- R -- E -- T -- C -- H" IRA concept and investing in a new "Inherited IRA" account with the current or proposed account heir -- still too many money advisors often tell the heir after the death to pay taxes on the money and invest the rest with them! This can amount to a 40% cut for the IRS and state taxing authority and a 60% remaining cut for the new account owner. Many times, professional advisory isn't sought out and thus needless taxes are paid on these IRA transfers that often are very large  -- and Inherited IRA Hell stays very busy with new arrivals of victims every day!

Now, if you are a commission based seller of a product (we hope it is a good product of course) -- which pays more commission on an original $100,000 IRA account? The full $100,000 in a tax free transfer? Or the remains after taxation at about $60,000? And if you are a fee based investment advisor (and therefore hopefully properly licensed), the same logic works for you too! Don't let your lack of tax knowledge cut your commission or fee income by about 40%!!!

So, money financial advisors are being foolish twice, are they not? They let the client lose needless tax money up front, and therefore, they allow themselves to loose "money under management" as well, regardless of how they get paid!

O.K., I didn't forget about you heavy weight advisors with years of experience who are running those ads in the paper telling people they are best to sell out their IRA accounts, pay the tax, and invest with you. Do you have it right?

NO! YOU DON'T KNOW WHAT YOU ARE DOING...

The truth is these guys are usually just selling life insurance with high first year commissions and really don't understand the damage they are doing to their client. And, they ignore or are not wise enough to understand the concept of a potential perpetual increasing income stream on an increasing tax-deferred principal base for almost an entire lifetime. This concept is also known as the "super stretch" IRA, which in reality is a money tree unlike any other you could ever imagine!

Those advisors in a hurry to convince you to pay income tax on any kind of IRA or 401-k/403-b money, etc. -- might just be in a hurry to get some commissions out of you. Very few professional financial advisors would tell you to "kill" what is now becoming the greatest money tree in history! What I am saying is that the IRS allows your IRA to grow to unbelievable amounts even when required minimum distributions must come out each year. The longer government standardized mortality tables (Newest is the 2001 CSO Mortality Tables) just made it even more lucrative to keep this money tax deferred all of your life and then let your children continue your "Inherited IRA" after you are done using it. Only foolish or uninformed advisors tell you to cash them in!

I am an experienced, tax smart financial advisor and consultant that truly understands the magic of a STRETCH IRA concept.  I can help you achieve perfection in the process of receiving your new Inherited IRA type funds.  The hardest situation you may be in is my normal routine.  You can usually keep the money with the same investment firm (sometimes it has to be transferred out to avoid taxation) that your deceased loved one had it with. 

Or you can transfer the funds to another brokerage account or firm as long as they agree to receive the funds based on circumstances (Inherited IRA funds paid to a trust are extremely limited to who will take them). 

For Example:  Schwab will not take new Inherited IRA money inside a trust!!!

When desired by you or warranted by circumstances, many other new investment options in the "fixed" category are available to you that can better protect your principal invested.  These exciting options again allow you to AVOID  PAYING THE TAXES UP FRONT! 

One fine alternative that is guaranteed to protect and preserve your principal - is the Fixed Index Annuities offered by legal reserve insurance companies!

The main importance is to find an advisor who understands what they are doing and... who they are doing it for. And, an advisor who knows the specific companies who will be willing to receive your new "Inherited IRA" account funds and take care of you the best way possible. In other words, he or she knows from experience which companies are best suited for your needs and is trained and experienced to handle these accounts. Since advisors and firms  are not fully up to speed in this extremely complicated area of finance, you will need to shop for more than just the best "rate".

 

 
Hey, Don't Accountants & Lawyers Fix These Things?
 
Yes and no. Yes, they can usually stop the needless taxation if they are consulted early and if they practice in this area. But, no, they usually don't get asked to help until it is too late. Once the IRA money is on fire, it is too late!

You see, many times, the existing investment advisor/agent/consultant/banker may be good at picking stocks and bad at understanding tax issues and their implications. And, many don't want to lose control, so they tell you the money you inherited has to be taxed! They do this because they want to control the estate assets, or at least the big IRA account, and not lose the management of the money when their client dies. Others tell you this because they are inept and haven't ever studied the new IRA rules properly. Sadly, some just don't care at all about preserving your capital. If you feel you are a victim to brokerage/advisor abuse, also take a look at: www.PreserveMyCapital.com.

This lack of knowledge, lack of caring, or outright abandonment of normal due diligence creates huge problems as well because outside accounting and legal advisors get "bumped" from ever being in on the discussion until it is too late. When is it too late? When the check is cashed according to strict IRS rules! Only Inherited IRA Hell awaits after that...

Do you like what you are reading? Would you like to learn more, including the exact wording you must use to title these "Inherited IRA" accounts with? Well, stay tuned for more very shortly. I am giving all of this information away on the internet for free with two conditions. First, I must ask you to become a registered guest. And second, I ask that you tell others about the site. If you will do that for me, you may register and keep reading instantly!

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Sincerely,


M.D. Anderson, President
Financial Strategies, Inc.


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