Fast Track Retirement Planning 2022

Overview

We are all (including tax practitioners) getting older, and the need for effective retirement planning has never been greater. This mini-course is essential for participants who wish to attain a comfortable retirement for themselves and their clients by maximizing tax-saving strategies. Retirement income needs are analyzed, Social Security benefits are determined, and distribution options from IRAs and retirement plans are explored.

Highlights

Popular retirement myths
Defining retirement & determining retirement income needs
Savings
Assets
Social Security
Retirement plans
Distributions from retirement plans
Nonqualified deferred compensation
Life insurance
Estate planning

Objectives

Identify the basic guidelines of retirement planning recognizing the ten misconceptions of retirement, and specify retirement based on key questions.
Determine retirement costs and income needs of clients based on their current budget, select tax savings strategies, and identify basic guidelines to use when purchasing assets to attain financial independence.
Recall the qualifications for Social Security retirement & disability benefits, specify a client's retirement benefits, and determine the difference between Medicare Part A and Medicare Part B.
Identify basic types of qualified corporate plans and other sources of retirement income such as SIMPLE plans and individual retirement accounts.
Determine the difference between annuity payments and lump-sum distributions, specify key components of rollovers, premature distributions & required distributions, and identify nonqualified deferred compensation.
Cite the benefits, uses, and types of life insurance, and specify how three basic estate planning tools can be incorporated into tax practice.

Notice

This is a self-study/on demand course offered by a 3rd party vendor and will NOT be accessible in the My Upcoming CPE section of the ISCPA website. Course access information will be emailed directly to you by CalCPA. The course expires one year from the purchase date. Format = Downloadable PDF.