by Ashley Micciche | Mar 5, 2020 | IRAs, YouTube
KEY TAKEAWAYS If you’ve been told for years that you make too much money to contribute to a Roth IRA, there is a perfectly legal little loophole that will allow you to contribute to your Roth through what’s called a backdoor Roth IRA contribution. Mind...
by Ashley Micciche | Feb 18, 2020 | IRAs, YouTube
KEY TAKEAWAYS The SECURE Act just blew up the rules around stretch IRAs, otherwise known as inherited IRAs. Absolutely insane! The SECURE Act is a massive piece of legislation that has provisions in it that cover everything from paying off your student loans using 529...
by Ashley Micciche | Jan 27, 2020 | IRAs, Retirement, YouTube
KEY TAKEAWAYS If you are turning 70½ this year and you aren’t too excited about taking your first RMD (required minimum distribution) from your retirement account, guess what? You are in luck! The SECURE Act, which was just signed into law in December of 2019,...
by Ashley Micciche | Nov 4, 2019 | IRAs, YouTube
KEY TAKEAWAYS It’s the most wonderful time of the year. Do you know what that means? Not Christmas…It’s our RMD (Required Minimum Distribution) season! If you are 70½ or older and you have IRA accounts, you must take money out of your account before the...
by Ashley Micciche | Oct 16, 2018 | IRAs, YouTube
Clients ask me all the time: “Ashley, when’s the best time to take my RMD, at the beginning of the year or the end of the year?” That’s a really good question! Today we’re going to look at 3 different options for taking your RMDs. You can take your RMD:...
by Ashley Micciche | Sep 28, 2018 | Charitable Giving, IRAs, YouTube
There are many benefits to making charitable contributions directly from your IRA. If you are subject to RMDs, you’re donating to charity, and you haven’t considered charitable contributions directly from your IRA – you could be paying more in taxes than you...