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If you choose to have your employer make a direct rollover of an eligible rollover distribution to an IRA or another qualified plan, your avoid tax on the payment and no tax will be withheld. If you are changing jobs and want an IRA direct rollover plan of the new employer, make sure that the plan accepts rollovers; if it does not, and choose an IRA direct rollover to a traditional IRA. (more…)
The IRA direct rollover system is one that leaves little room for mistakes, as it is a direct plan-to-plan transfer. In this type of direct IRA rollover transfer, the money that has been invested in the IRA is transferred directly from your old employer’s plan to one that you’ve set up yourself or to a plan that’s offered by your new employer. This is something that’s often done if you’re moving jobs and it allows you to consolidate your IRA funds, instead of having several different accounts set up by different employers. By making sure that the funds are never sent directly to you, you avoid any potential taxes or penalties on your rollover.
And while it may not seem like much up to begin with, the difference between the indirect and the direct IRA rollover transfer methods is substantial. For starters, when you rollover an IRA directly, your old account provider won’t be required to hold out the traditional 20% that’s mandated by the government when you perform an indirect transfer to cover any potential taxes that may be incurred if you fail to redeposit your funds within 60 days. With a direct transfer, you also avoid any early withdrawal penalties that may be charged if you fail to complete the rollover. (more…)
An IRA direct rollover occurs when the funds from one IRA are sent to another without you, as the account holder, ever taking physical possession of the money. (more…)
Strictly speaking, there are two different ways to request an IRA rollover – an IRA direct rollover or an indirect IRA rollover. (more…)
When it comes to moving funds out of your IRA and into another, the question isn’t, “Why choose an IRA direct rollover?” but instead, “Why would you choose anything BUT an IRA direct rollover?” Doing otherwise has the potential to cause great confusion, not to mention open the door to a lot of potential tax problems. That’s because, in the eyes of the IRS, a direct IRA rollover transfer is vastly different from any other kind of IRA funds transfer. And when you’re dealing with the IRS, it pays to be precise with your terminology. (more…)
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