Your Clients’ IRA & Retirement Plan
Beneficiary Designations
are likely
TICKING TIME BOMBS!
(and this may be a great marketing opportunity for you!)
If you’re a financial advisor, CPA or estate planning attorney, you probably think that your clients’ IRA and retirement plan beneficiary forms were filed correctly and are in sync with their overall estate plans. Think again!
The beneficiary named on an IRA custodian’s or plan administrator’s books are often wrong! And the Supreme Court and the IRS say you can’t fix these errors after the owner-participant’s death!
These beneficiary errors happen for two reasons. Either they haven’t been checked up on for some time (which hopefully you will now be prompted to do!). Or, the choice of beneficiary was incorrect, either because it wasn’t consistent with their estate plan or you didn’t advise the client properly (which hopefully you now will!).
You could have a big liability on your hands - - or turn this into an opportunity to bring your clients back in for a review and generate even more business!
You need to know the most common beneficiary mistakes and how to avoid them (or fix them before it’s too late!):
- Failing to update the beneficiary designation form after a death or divorce
- Failing to provide for a spouse
- Failing to name a beneficiary
- Failing to name contingent beneficiaries
- Naming the estate as beneficiary
- Naming a non-qualified trust as the beneficiary
- Naming a potential spendthrift as beneficiary
- Naming an older relative as the primary beneficiary
- Naming a trust with older relatives who are primary beneficiaries
- Incorrect titling of an inherited IRA
- Rolling-over an inherited IRA into a personal IRA
- Failing to qualify for the charitable contribution income tax deduction
- And much more!
Join us and nationally renowned IRA expert, Robert Keebler, CPA/PFS, MST, AEP (Distinguished), CGMA, for a 90-minute teleconference entitled, “Retirement Plan Beneficiary Disasters and How to Avoid & Fix Them”.
Your purchase includes: Downloadable PDF handout materials and MP3 audio recording. A PDF transcript may be added on for an additional fee during the checkout process.
- Program Title: Retirement Plan Beneficiary Disasters and How to Avoid & Fix Them
- Speaker: Robert S. Keebler
- Duration: 90 Minutes
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ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Robert S. Keebler
CPA/PFS, MST, AEP (Distinguished)
Robert S. Keebler, CPA/PFS, MST, AEP (Distinguished) is a partner with Keebler & Associates, LLP and is a 2007 recipient of the prestigious Accredited Estate Planners (Distinguished) award from the National Association of Estate Planners & Councils. He has been named by CPA Magazine as one of the Top 100 Most Influential Practitioners in the United States and one of the Top 40 Tax Advisors to Know During a Recession. His practice includes family wealth transfer and preservation planning, charitable giving, retirement distribution planning, and estate administration. Mr. Keebler frequently represents clients before the National Office of the Internal Revenue…
IMPORTANT NOTICE REGARDING CE CREDIT
The Ultimate Estate Planner, Inc. and the presenter are not registered Continuing Education Sponsors and this program is not pre-approved for continuing education credit for any state or regulatory agency.
However, please note that each program includes a Certificate of Completion and, depending on the license and the regulatory agency for which governs a participant’s CE credit, some professionals may be able to self-report his or her participation and receive credit. It is the responsibility of the participant to complete any process necessary to seek self-reported CE credit for his or her participation. By registering for a teleconference (or purchasing on On-Demand program), you understand that CE credit is not guaranteed or warranted by the presenter or The Ultimate Estate Planner, Inc.