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  03/17/2008
 
 
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This is one destination that you never want to end up in! Because once there you are never getting out!
 
My mission? To reach you in time! This is one destination you never want to end up in. Because once there, you are never getting out!

For the person seeking valid and current information on the best way to leave your large IRA to your heirs, and exactly what it takes to leave it to your revocable living trust here in Arizona -- this site is for you.

Hi! I am M.D. Anderson, a long-term financial advisor originally from Forest City, Iowa. (O.K., you never heard of it. Just think "Winnebago")

It wasn't long ago that a new client referral walked into my office for his first appointment and notified me up front that he would be receiving his fathers IRA proceeds check the very next day. And, he was fully aware that this $320,000+ check was going to be 100% taxable!

My first thoughts were that he really couldn't do anything about it. But, my second thoughts eventually saved him and his brother about $120,000 in needless income taxes!

 

 
Do You Like Presents?
 

I have one for you!

Missy here has a present for you but you better open it before it is too late. You see, the Inherited IRA hell I am talking about is completely avoidable if you take the right action BEFORE a big IRA owner dies. Before, your fine.

After, you could easily end up in Inherited IRA hell as an heir. What is the hell? It is being stuck with needless federal and state income tax on your deceased loved one who left their IRA to a living trust. And, your advisors were not able to find a way to avoid income tax on the proceeds!

Of course, for many money advisors, they also are not smart enough or are just too greedy to ever help you avoid paying those taxes, when a trust becomes a direct beneficiary!

But, there is a much more common way you, as an heir, can end up in Inherited IRA hell and it has nothing to do with beneficial payments direct to the decedent's living trust. They DO have everything to do with uneducated or incompetent financial advisors who will wrongly tell you that the IRA money has to be taxed! Since, 2001 when the IRS added some really neat features to IRA options after death, (obviously, of no real benefit to the deceased IRA owner) money advisors, and so called "estate planners" do not always get it right. Then the features die with the IRA owner!

In fact, I would bet that the information you obtain on this free information website will bend your ear all the way down to your wallet if you find out more options, after the fact, then what your IRA advisor(s) told you about your inherited IRA. Especially if they have already caused full taxable income from your inherited IRA!

Malpractice and malfeasance in this area of financial practice is becoming legendary. In fact, if you are a law firm owner and reading this information site, I would give you the free gift of an area of practice you should do really well in starting RIGHT NOW!

That is because an estimated 12.2+ Trillion dollars in qualified funds* are now resting in the hands of both Baby boomers and Mature Adults in America! Let me say that a different way:

$ 12,200,000,000,000.00 !!!

* "Qualified funds" is an IRS term for ANY tax favored money that provides a retirement benefit to you and is under special rules. The opposite is "non-qualified" funds which do not get special tax treatment, but also do not get restricted as far as when you can draw them out without a penalty, tax, or both.

And, the game is on for all of the financial advisors in America to try and get a "cut" of that money as it changes hands! Some will offer you fee based management, some will offer you commission based products, and some will offer you both.

What is important here is that too many advisors are just plain dumb about taxation issues! And, because they are not tax experts, and few are IRA experts (though some took a class that says they are), bad stuff is already happening as this money comes out of the estate settlement process. Law firms farm accounting tasks out to CPA's on larger estates. Even CPA's have been sleepy, but are waking up fast!

Instead of using the "S -- T -- R -- E -- T -- C -- H" IRA concept and investing in a new "Inherited IRA" account with the current or proposed account heir -- still too many money advisors often tell the heir to pay taxes on the money and invest the rest with them! This can amount to a 40% cut for the IRS and state taxing authority and a 60% remaining cut for the new account owner. Many times, professional advisory isn't sought out, needless taxes are paid on these often huge IRA transfers, and Inherited IRA hell stays very busy!

Now, if you are a commission based seller of a product (we hope it is a good product of course), which pays more commission on an original $100,000 IRA account? The full $100,000 in a tax free transfer? Or the remains after taxation at about $60,000? And if you are a fee based investment advisor (and therefore hopefully properly licensed), the same logic works for you too! Don't let your lack of tax knowledge cut your commission or fee income by about 40%!!!

So, money financial advisors are being foolish twice, are they not? They let the client lose needless tax money up front, and therefore, they allow themselves to loose "money under management" as well, regardless of how they get paid!

O.K., I didn't forget about you heavy weight advisors with years of experience who are running those ads in the paper telling people they are best to sell out their IRA accounts, pay the tax, and invest with you. Do you have it right?

NO! YOU DON'T KNOW WHAT YOU ARE DOING!

The truth is these guys are usually just selling life insurance with high first year commissions and really don't understand the damage they are doing to their client. And, they ignore or are not wise enough to understand the concept of a potential perpetual increasing income stream on an increasing tax-deferred principal base for almost an entire lifetime. This concept is also known as the "super stretch" IRA, which in reality is a money tree unlike any other you could ever imagine!.

Those advisors in a hurry to convince you to pay income tax on any kind of IRA or 401-k/403-b money, they might just be in a hurry to get some commissions out of you. Very few professional financial advisors would tell you to kill what is now becoming the greatest money tree in history! What I am saying is that the IRS allows your IRA to grow to unbelievable amounts even when required minimum distributions must come out each year. The longer government standardized mortality tables (Newest is the 2001 CSO Mortality Tables) just made it even better to keep this money tax deferred all of your life and then let your children continue your "Inherited IRA" after you are done using it. Only foolish or uninformed advisors tell you to cash them in!

I am an experienced, tax smart financial advisor that truly understands the magic of a STRETCH IRA concept, and you can do that with almost any inherited IRA no matter who you are. And you can usually keep the money with the same company your deceased heir had it with, transfer it to a brokerage account, or pick from many other new and exciting options to invest this money WITHOUT PAYING THE TAXES UP FRONT!

One fine alternative and one that is guaranteed to protect and preserve your principal - are the Fixed Index Annuities offered by legal reserve insurance companies!

The main importance is to find an advisor who understands what they are doing and who they are doing it for. And, an advisor who knows the companies he or she places your new "Inherited IRA" account with, will also take care of you the best. In other words, he or she knows from experience which companies are best suited and trained to handle these accounts, since many still are not!

 

 
Hey, Don't Accountants & Lawyers Fix These Things?
 
Yes and no. Yes, they can usually stop the needless taxation, if they are consulted early and if they practice in this area. But, no, they usually don't get asked to help until it is too late. Once the IRA money is on fire, it is too late!

You see, many times, the existing investment advisor may be good at picking stocks and bad at understanding tax issues and their implications. And, many don't want to lose control, so they tell you the money you inherited has to be taxed! They do this because they want to control the estate assets, or at least the big IRA account, and not lose the management of the money when their client dies. Others tell you this because they are inept and haven't ever studied the new IRA rules properly. Sadly, some just don't care at all about preserving your capital. If you feel you are a victim to brokerage/advisor abuse, take a look at: www.preservemycapital.com.

This lack of knowledge, lack of caring, or outright abandonment of normal due diligence creates huge problems as well because outside accounting and legal advisors get "bumped" from ever being in on the discussion until it is too late. When is it too late? When the check is cashed according to strict IRS rules! Only inherited IRA Hell awaits after that...

Do you like what you are reading? Would you like to learn more, including the exact wording you must use to title these "Inherited IRA" accounts with? Well, stay tuned for more very shortly. I am giving all of this information away on the internet for free with two conditions. First, I must ask you to become a registered guest. And second, I ask that you tell others about the site.

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Thanks for coming to this important information site! Good Bye for now, and Good Luck!

Sincerely,


M.D. Anderson, President
Financial Strategies, Inc.

 

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