But if you file jointly with a spouse who
took retirement plan distributions, you may also have to reduce your contributions by those distributions when figuring the credit.
On the other hand, because of the potential to produce savings over a period of many years, people who can move to a lower Part B premium category by using a Roth conversion to reduce the amount of income they report
from retirement plan distributions may find that the effect makes the Roth conversion strategy more attractive.
Qualified
retirement plan distributions due to separation from service in or after the year you reach age 55 (age 50 for qualified public safety employees such as policemen and firemen.)
For the tax conscious, the premise
behind retirement plan distribution requirements is simple — the longer you are expected to live, the less the IRS requires you to withdraw (and pay taxes on) each year.
Most clients view
a retirement plan distribution as an event that is likely to result in an undesirable tax hit — especially when that distribution is a required minimum distribution (RMD), which must be taken regardless of whether the client actually needs the income.
The NUA tax strategy allows certain clients whose qualified retirement plans contain these appreciated employer securities to eventually pay taxes on the appreciated value of those securities at the lower long - term capital gains tax rate, rather than at the ordinary income tax rate that would otherwise apply to
retirement plan distributions.
Form 1099 - D is sent to those who received ordinary dividends, and Form 1099 - R is sent to shareholders who liquidated their domestic funds and received the proceeds as IRA or
retirement plan distributions.
For example, if you (and your spouse) have no income, or have income only from investments, Social Security, pensions, and
retirement plan distributions, you are not eligible to contribute to an IRA (traditional or Roth).
Rolling over
your retirement plan distribution into an IRA prevents you from using certain rules.
Other types of taxable income may include: investment dividends income, interest on bonds, alimony, unemployment benefits, Social Security benefits,
retirement plan distributions, jury pay, election worker pay, rental income, royalties, notary fees, and certain scholarships, fellowships, and grants.