Webinars

There are very few products at the financial institutions that bring on a feeling of insecurity more than the mention of three letters: I-R-A. What are they? How do we open them? What forms do we use? What if they ask us questions we can't answer?

Now that many of you have a comfort level with the basics, it's time to get into the real nitty gritty of IRAs. What's the difference of moving an IRA from bank to bank and a QP to a bank? Distribution penalty exception prior to age 59.5, mandatory distributions at age 73 and payouts to IRA beneficiaries.

The least favorite part of any auditor's job is to go through old, musty IRA files to see if the bank is in compliance and has all the customer information it needs. Many times when files are scanned in for imaging purposes, they are not checked first, resulting in a lot of 'junk' in the electronic IRA customer files.

This 2 day live stream covers everything you need to know about IRAs. Whether you attend the IRA Basic, IRA Advanced or both, you will receive the latest electronic version of the 275-page IRA "Red Book" Training Manual. We will use this manual in both events.

Everything you need to know about IRAs in a four-part webinar series.

HSAs are celebrating their 20th anniversary this year and we still have many questions on the responsibilities of the customers versus the bank. Some HSA custodians and trustees take on a role of the "HSA Police" in monitoring transactions and purchases. We sometimes have to draw a line to make sure we are not overstepping our boundaries and mixing it up with the customer's duties.

"It's ALL about the reporting" - I say hundreds of times a year when asked about policy and procedures on IRAs. Sometimes we fail to connect the frontline transactions to the end result, and therefore how it reports to the IRS. If we don't understand the transaction descriptions when we are coding an IRA transaction, there's a good chance it won't report correctly to the IRS - sometimes resulting in a letter and bill issued to the customer.

As if IRA beneficiary payout options weren't confusing enough, the last 3 years have brought turmoil to the IRA world with the IRS flip-flopping on how and when beneficiaries should take death distributions after the IRA owner dies. The SECURE Act created three categories of beneficiaries to determine what payout options are available to each category. It's almost like you need a GPS to follow this crazy beneficiary distribution trail.