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A Comprehensive Guide To The Super MEGA Backdoor Roth Strategy (Private Clients) 🔒

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Guide Summary:

  • What are the nondiscrimination tests?

  • Do we have to worry about passing the nondiscrimination tests if our spouse works with us?

  • Terms you need to know

  • The super MEGA backdoor Roth strategy. How to contribute up to $71,500 to Roth accounts for the 2021 tax year.

  • The Backdoor Roth IRA Strategy

  • The MEGA Backdoor Roth Strategy

  • The benefits of making voluntary after-tax contributions

  • 3 Ways to Complete a Rollover Starting With The Best Option

  • Avoiding the tax withholding requirements

  • IRA one-rollover-per-year rule

  • Rollover Chart

  • Liability protection

  • Recharacterization

  • Pro-rata rule

  • Puzzling questions on the five-year test on Roth conversion

  • The five-year test

  • Exceptions to 10% Early Withdrawal Penalty For IRAs - IMPEACHEDD (Acronym)

  • Distribution rules

  • Rollovers to multiple destinations

  • How do you know if your employer offers voluntary after-tax contributions?

  • What is the difference between contributing to an employer’s after-tax separate account and contributing to a Roth IRA, Roth 401(k) plan, and Roth 403(b) plan?

  • How will after-tax contributions appear in your plan? 

  • Form 1099-R

  • Which plans allow voluntary after-tax contributions?

  • Why does my employer not offer an after-tax separate account?

  • Can I roll over just the after-tax amounts in my retirement plan to a Roth IRA and leave the remainder in the plan?

  • Can I roll over my after-tax contributions to a Roth IRA and the earnings on my after-tax contributions to a traditional IRA?

  • Best practices

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