Retirement Plans

What is the excise tax rate the IRS imposes on individuals aged 70 1/2 or older who do not take the required minimum distributions from their qualified retirement plan?

50%

How long does an individual have to "rollover" funds from an IRA or qualified plan?

60 days

Traditional individual retirement annuity (IRA) distributions must start by

April 1st of the year following the year the participant attains age 70 1/2

Tom has a qualified retirement plan with his employer that is currently considered to be 80% "vested". How can this be interpreted?

If Tom's employment is terminated, 20% of the funds would be forfeited

Which plan is intended to be used by a sole proprietor and the employees of that business?

Keogh Plan

Post-tax dollar contributions are found in

Roth IRA investments

Which of the following is TRUE if the owner of an IRA names their spouse as beneficiary, but then dies before any distributions are made?

The account can be rolled into the surviving spouse's IRA

A qualified profit-sharing plan is designed to

allow employees to participate in the profits of the company

A trustee-to-trustee transfer of rollover funds in a qualified plan allows a participant to avoid

mandatory income tax withholding on the transfer amount

Rick recently died and left behind an individual IRA account in his name. His widow was forwarded the balance of the IRA. The widow qualifies for the

marital deduction