Surgent's Top 20 Questions Advisors Ask About the SECURE Acts and Other IRA Rules

Advisors often ask clarifying questions as they increasingly gain an understanding of new and existing tax laws that govern IRAs. Some provisions s...

8/27/2026 9:00am - 11:00am  |  Online  |  Surgent

$99.00

CPE Categories: Taxation (2 CPE)

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Description

Advisors often ask clarifying questions as they increasingly gain an understanding of new and existing tax laws that govern IRAs. Some provisions see more questions than others due to their complexity, popularity, and level of impact on tax benefits. This course focuses on the top 20 of these questions and on SECURE Act 1.0, SECURE Act 2.0, and other hot topics. This course aims to help the advisor provide clients with the correct responses based on their IRA profiles.

Instructor: Denise Appleby, MJ, APA, CISP, CRPS, CRC

Target Audience

All practitioners advising clients on these complex issues

Course Objectives

Understand the new distribution options for beneficiaries, as clarified by the proposed RMD regulations for SECURE Act 1.0

Communicate to clients new opportunities for participants and beneficiaries to avoid excise tax and costly penalties

Talk to clients about implementing unique tax-saving opportunities for spouses and other eligible designated beneficiaries

Be well-versed in other recent developments that affect IRAs and employer plans

Subjects

529 to Roth: who, what, when, and how

SECURE Act 1.0 and the 10-year rule

Roth IRA beneficiary options

Where the stretch IRA really ends

The new limitations for spouse IRA beneficiaries

The new spouse options for spouse beneficiaries

New RMD rules for Roth 401(k)s

Overriding the 10-year rule for an eligible designated beneficiary

How the age of death affects beneficiary options

The new early distribution penalty exceptions

Rollovers vs. transfers for spouse beneficiaries

Qualified charitable distributions (QCDs) for owners and beneficiaries

The “at least as rapidly” (ALAR) rule

New reduced rate for excess accumulation penalty on RMD failures

How to avoid unlimited accrual of the 6% excise tax

How to avoid unlimited accrual of the 25% excise tax

Clarifying the definition of disability for an exception to the 10% additional tax

The new starting ages for RMDs

Designated vs. eligible designated beneficiaries and their options

Catch-up contributions for ages 50 and over

Catch-up contributions for ages 60 to 63

When the 60-day deadline is missed

When the one-per-year rollover limit is about to be broken

Retaining qualifications for exceptions to the 10% additional tax