The law defines a qualifying person as someone who:
- Has tested positive and been diagnosed with COVID-19
- Has a dependent or spouse who has tested positive and been diagnosed with COVID-19
- Experiences financial hardship due to them, their spouse or a member of their household:
- Being quarantined, furloughed or laid off or having reduced work hours
- Being unable to work due to lack of childcare
- Closing or reducing hours of a business that they own or operate
- Having pay or self-employment income reduced
- Having a job offer rescinded or start date for a job delayed
Employers can choose whether to implement these coronavirus-related distribution and loan rules.
Qualified individuals can claim the tax benefits of coronavirus-related distribution rules even if plan provisions aren't changed. Administrators can rely on an individual's certification that they're a qualified person.
People who already took a required minimum distribution from certain retirement accounts in 2020 can now roll those funds back into a retirement account.
The 60-day rollover period has been extended to August 31, 2020.
Under the relief, taxpayers with required minimum distributions from certain retirement plans can skip them this year. Distributions that can be skipped were due in 2020 from a defined-contribution retirement plan. These include a 401(k) or 403(b) plan, as well as an IRA. Among the people who can skip them are those who would have had to take the first distribution by April 1, 2020. This waiver does not apply to defined-benefit plans.
You should call us now at 215.550.3636, Monday through Sunday, between 1000am and 1000pm, with any questions you may have concerning IRA distributions or any other retirement matters.
Your Tax Pro on Demand,
R Clyde Olivieri, Jr.
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