Individual Retirement Account Answer Book is designed to provide quick, accurate, and timely information pertaining to traditional and Roth IRAs that concerns accountants, attorneys, financial planners, mutual fund brokers, and other pension professionals. The Sixteenth Edition provides you with: Accurate answers to virtually every IRA question Clear explanations of IRA reporting and disclosure requirements Strategies for tax, estate, and retirement planning Full guidelines for establishing traditional and Roth IRAs, SIMPLEs, SEPs, and ESAs Tax-cutting tips, examples, calculations, and worksheets State rules on taxation of traditional IRA and Roth IRA distributions Financial and estate planning strategies involving IRAs The Sixteenth Edition brings practitioners up to date on congressional and administrative agency actions affecting all IRAs and the Coverdell ESA, including: The Worker, Retiree, and Employer Recovery Act of 2008 [Pub. L. No. 110-458], the Tax Extenders and Alternative Minimum Tax Relief Act of 2008 [Pub. L. No. 110-343], and the Heroes Earnings Assistance and Relief Tax Act of 2008 [Pub.

L. No. 110-245] An update on the status of estate tax legislation - estate tax rates and the estate tax exemption amount are likely to be frozen at their 2009 levels Strategies for Roth IRA conversions - by owners and beneficiaries - and how the planning landscape is rapidly changing in favorable ways Recent court decisions of significance IRS guidance and private letter rulings important to IRAs.