Ira Rollover

How Can Life Centra Help Manage Your Rollover IRA

For people looking to for income during retirement, an IRA is the obvious choice. Many people, however, are keeping their money in other retirement accounts. They would like to consolidate those funds but are not sure where or how to go about it. Fortunately, LifeCentra is here to help. Below are some of the top reasons our clients choose an IRA Rollover:

1. Stay in control of your money

An IRA Rollover is most often a traditional IRA that people use when they change jobs or retire and want to consolidate their 401(k) or other employer-sponsored retirement plans. Often, funds in these accounts can be rolled directly into an IRA without resulting in tax penalties. Rolling funds over into an IRA also makes it easier to manage investments and distribute retirement assets according to ones financial plan.

2. Less fees

IRA fees are often lower than those for other types of accounts. In most cases, people who roll over their retirement plans into an IRA aren’t subject to administrative fees and only pay customary maintenance fees on investments. Additionally, expenses are generally much lower than those on other accounts. Lastly, people who roll over their retirement plans are generally able to control how much they pay in fees. This directly impacts returns.

3. Stable Income

There is possibly no better way to ensure a solid stream of income during retirement than to roll your funds over to an IRA. The investment choices are virtually unlimited. In addition to helping you maintain your lifestyle, these funds can be used to help you provide for loved ones and ensure that your expenses are provided for after your death.

4. Lower taxes

People who rollover their funds to an IRA often don’t need to pay taxes. As long as an investor transfers retirement plan assets directly into an IRA Rollover, taxes generally aren’t a concern. Additionally, people who rollover funds to an IRA can make as many trades as they want without having to reconcile each trade as would be required in a taxable account. This is due to the fact that the IRS only taxes the account at the time of withdrawal. With that in mind, people can make trades and the growth on those positions is not taxed until they are distributed from the IRA.