Webinars

We will break down the essential rules and forms of IRA accounts. Discussing the difference between an IRA 'plan' vs. an IRA 'account' and the types of IRA products will get you on your way to building the foundation of knowledge for these often complicated accounts.

This webinar will cover new and recent reporting revisions for 2023 call reports, as well as Common questions and potential reporting errors.

If you feel like you are a member of the group "IRA Beneficiary-Confused", you are not alone. Over the years, the IRS has changed the methods of payments to beneficiaries many times - but nothing like the mess they have created in the last 3 years. And they still can't make up their minds. No wonder there are so many different interpretations of the rules and regulations. Let's straighten out the confusion!

The last three years have brought some of the most significant changes for distributions to IRA owners and beneficiaries as we've seen in the last 20 years - including the most recent IRS Notice 2023-54. When owners and beneficiaries do not take their required distribution in a timely manner, it results in IRS penalties. There are easy steps to address these distribution issues.

Two of the most misused and abused words in the IRA world are "Rollover" and "Transfer" when moving money from IRA to IRA and from a Qualified Employer Plan to an IRA. While you may think the words are interchangeable, how these movements are reported to the IRS is as different as night and day.

There are very few products at the financial institutions that bring on a feeling of insecurity more than the mention of three letters: I-R-A. What are they? How do we open them? What forms do we use? What if they ask us questions we can't answer?

Now that many of you have a comfort level with the basics, it's time to get into the real nitty gritty of IRAs. What's the difference of moving an IRA from bank to bank and a QP to a bank? Distribution penalty exception prior to age 59.5, mandatory distributions at age 73 and payouts to IRA beneficiaries.

The least favorite part of any auditor's job is to go through old, musty IRA files to see if the bank is in compliance and has all the customer information it needs. Many times when files are scanned in for imaging purposes, they are not checked first, resulting in a lot of 'junk' in the electronic IRA customer files.

The webinar series will generally cover the Call Report in schedule order, however, grouping certain schedules based upon reporting content will be woven into the curriculum.