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All of the following are examples of nondeductible moving expenses, except

Jane Qualy, an employee of Brighton Enterprises, and her husband Jim met with Alice Mony, a financial planner at Brighton. Jane and Jim talked with Alice about ways to fund their children’s education and the asset allocation in Jane’s 401(k) plan at Brighton. These financial planning services are considered as income and taxable to Jane.

Advantages of rolling a qualified plan over to an IRA include

One of the objectives of a benefit plan is to provide employee benefits that are comparable to those offered by other employers in the industry.

If a spouse is to be the beneficiary of an IRA or a qualified plan, it is generally preferable to leave the IRA or qualified plan

Jill is considering naming a bypass trust as beneficiary of her IRA after her death. Jill’s spouse is a discretionary income beneficiary of the bypass trust. Which of the following is a reason for not designating the bypass trust as beneficiary of her IRA?

Tara designated a trust as beneficiary of her IRA. The following are beneficiaries of the trust at Tara’s death: her spouse (age 70), her brother (age 72), her daughter (age 50), and her son (age 48). The life expectancy of which trust beneficiary is used to determine required minimum distributions?

Bob Jolly is 73 this year. He has been a key employee of Appleton Bookkeeping Services since he joined the company 50 years ago. The owner of Appleton would love it if Bob stayed on indefinitely. Bob is in excellent health and has developed a wide clientele that enjoys his wit and charm as well as his broad experience and expertise. Bob says he’ll retire at 75 “while he still has some time to enjoy retirement.” Appleton Bookkeeping established SIMPLE IRAs for employees 5 years ago. Which of the following is (are) true for Bob?

The death benefit from group-term life insurance is not tax-free to the beneficiary.

Harold Walters, age 39, runs a tax accounting service. He employs five people. He wants to install a defined benefit plan for himself and his employees funded with life insurance, but he wants to retain some control over the plan investments. As his financial advisor, you tell Harold that the type of funding that would best meet his requirements is a(n)