Tag: 401K
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American’s Living Abroad and FATCA
An American’s Living Abroad, or an Expat as they’re commonly known, now faces radical changes in how they file annual income tax reports because of the new FATCA (foreign account tax compliance) regulations. Amongst the more common questions and concerns relates to owning offshore mutual funds (held but not sold). This brings us to the…
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The Solo and Global Tax Deferred 401(k) Retirement Plan
For U.S. persons ONLY these two types of Foreign Financial Accounts provide Tax Effected Yield on Income and Accumulations which are formally recognized by FATCA and by IRS tax code to purchase investments globally from a tax free environment exempt from Foreign Financial Institution reporting and exempt from passive foreign income reporting. If you are…
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Can We Make Retirement Planning Easier?
Survey Finds Workers Seek More Help Changing Oil Than Planning Retirement For most employees, addressing retirement issues is a costly, abstract and deeply psychological matter, which is apparent from a survey by Schwab Retirement Plan Services. While most survey participants find their 401(k) – a workplace savings plan that lets employees invest a portion of…
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Who Controls Your Retirement Funds: You Or The Government?
Qualified Money For Retirement Has Strings Attached People make a mistake when they feel as though they’ve lost control of their qualified retirement plans – they never had control in the first place, says retirement advisor Mark Cardoza. “Qualified retirement funds – whether we’re talking about an IRA, 401(k), Contributory or Defined Benefit Pension Plan,…
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The Only Asset Protection that Governments Trust
Asset Protection that Governments Trust The 401(k) problem is a U.S. Qualified Plan Trustee, upon his demand, would not transfer his money outside of the USA.because: The IRS has made a ruling in regards to Investing/sending money out of the country from qualified retirement plans. They have ruled against all such foreign transactions. We learned…
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Retirement Plans Can Be Imperiled When Long-Term Care Needs Arise
Savings Are Depleted Quickly If Not Properly Protected There’s a tendency to give a silent cheer any time the average life expectancy grows a little longer. But long life also has its downsides. “Not everyone will spend all of their retirement years being active and doing all the fun things they planned,” says Mark Cardoza,…
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USA pension plan 401k vs. 402b
The 401(k) compared to the 402(b) Foreign Retirement Plan With a 401k your employer will match your contribution to their pension plan up to 15% to a maximum of a set value. If you want your money back you must pay a 10% penalty up to age 59.5 years and declare the entire sum as…
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Why Most People Pick the Wrong Funds for Their IRA/401k
What You Can Do About It! This is Your Invitation to the World of Regulated and Registered Investment Opportunities-USA and Offshore! Your Retirement assets are yours but you DO NOT have Global Choice to All Securities with an ISIN (number)? Do you know why you are not able to search for the best investments both…
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Offshore Retirement Plans for Expats
There are cases in which offshore retirement plans can provide a perfect solution for people who move to a foreign country for work and then move back to their home country. While living abroad, we call these people Expats. A green card holder works a number of years in the USA, perhaps has the intention…