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Benefits in the News > By Subject > IRAs Now Viewing Recent Headlines View Excerpts and Recent Headlines [Opinion] Obama Retirement Plan Places Primary Responsibility for Retirement Saving on Households (PDF) IRS Shoots Down New Roth Ploy: Recent Ruling Finds That Transactions Moving Income Were Similar to Those Outlawed Earlier Most Small Employers Would Face Low Costs to Implement Automatic IRAs RothRetirement.com Site Educates on the 2010 Roth IRA Conversion Option [Guidance Overview] New Tax Rules Will Give More People Access to a Roth IRA, One of Best Savings Plans for Later Life Tax Proposal Has Silver Lining for IRAs, Social Security The U.S. Retirement Market, 2008 (PDF) The 401(k): Employers Look to Cut Costs, Workers Crave Stability Following Market Crash Administration Explores 'R Bond' As Option for Retirement Accounts Leaving 401(k) Money With Former Employer, Instead of IRA Rollover, Can Protect Savings Shift of Assets to Roth IRA Corporation Constituted Reportable Transaction, Chief Counsel Rules [Guidance Overview] Exception to Premature Distribution Tax for IRA Distributions Used to Pay Health Insurance Premiums Is Limited to Payments Made During Tax Year of Distribution [Guidance Overview] SEPP Is Not Busted Because of Additional Distributions That Qualify for Another Exception? [Guidance Overview] Self-Directed IRA Myths (PDF) Tax Strategies for IRA Owners Affected by the Market [Opinion] Roth IRAs Were Fiscal Mistake and Should Not Be Extended to Federal Government's Thrift Savings Plan Federal Retirement Thrift Investment Board Endorses Roth IRA Option for Enrollees [Guidance Overview] IRS's Dirty Dozen Includes Retirement Plan Arrangements Entrepreneurs Financing Start-Ups from Retirement Accounts: The 'Rollover As Business Start-Ups' New Math for IRA Savings IRA Proposal Would Prohibit Those Affiliated with Product Companies from Giving Advice [Guidance Overview] Tax Court Summary Opinion: Bailey v. Commissioner: Early Distribution Penalty Applies, Unless the Account Is an IRA Morgan Stanley Fined $7M for Broker IRA Rollover Misconduct House Reviews Investment Advice Given to 401(k), IRA Holders DOL Provision of ERISA Relief Facilitating Liquidity for Auction Rate Securities (PDF) [Guidance Overview] Relief from Minimum Required Distribution from Retirement Plans and IRAs [Opinion] Automatic IRAs: Extending Retirement Saving Opportunities to 75 Million More American Workers (PDF) [Opinion] Groom Law Group Comments on Possible Changes to Administrative Procedures and Rules for IRAs (PDF) Proposals in President's Budget Aim to Boost Retirement Savings [Opinion] Written Statement for the Hearing Record: Hearing on 'Strengthening Worker Retirement Security' (PDF) [Guidance Overview] Summary of Recent Legislative Changes Affecting Individual Retirement Arrangements [Guidance Overview] Summary of Recent Legislative Changes Affecting Individual Retirement Arrangements Talks Begin on Possible Legislative Enhancements to Federal Thrift Savings Plan Tax-Rate Comfort and Flexible Withdrawals Among Selling Points for Roth Accounts IRA Appendix: Additional Data on Ownership of IRAs in U.S. Households, 2008 (PDF) The Role of IRAs in U.S. Households' Saving for Retirement, 2008 (PDF) Odds Are That Most IRAs Funded by an Employer-Sponsored Retirement Plan Retirement Saving Outside of Your Company 401(k) Plan Changes in Estate Planning: This Year Will See a $3.5 Million Exemption and Lower Estate Values The No-Cost Way to Fix Flawed 401(k)s A More Sophisticated Look at the Benefits of Roth Contributions [Official Guidance] Text of IRS Notice 2009-09: Reporting by Financial Institutions of Required Minimum Distributions for 2009 (PDF) [Guidance Overview] Sample Tax Opinion Regarding How to Transfer an IRA Out of a Trust Lump-Sum Distributions at Job Change (PDF) A Sweet Deal on Roth IRA Conversions New Law Suspends IRA Withdrawals in 2009: Here's How the Rules Will Work Moving to a Roth IRA in a Bear Market When You Retire, Where Should Your 401(k) Money Go? Here's How to Make That Decision The IRA - Tax Benefit or Tax Nightmare? 2009 Policy Resources from EBRI: Facts on Benefits Issues [Official Guidance] Text of 'Applicable Federal Rates' Under Tax Code Section 1274(d) for December (PDF) [Guidance Overview] Video: Rules for IRA Rollovers and Transfers Tax Policy Related to Compensation and Benefits in the New World New Savings Plan Could Help Millions [Opinion] The Question of Hardship Reductions of Nest Eggs Individual Retirement Accounts and 401(k) Plans: Early Withdrawals and Required Distributions, Updated Oct. 27, 2008 (PDF) [Guidance Overview] CRS Report for Congress on Individual Retirement Accounts and 401(k) Plans: Early Withdrawals and Required Distributions (PDF) Investors Stick With 401(k)s and IRAs Are IRAs Safe? 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