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Dept of Labor new fiduciary rules on IRAs ... ETA: Gov't will benefit ... cui bono

Posted on 5/15/17 at 5:48 pm
Posted by Fat Man
Gotta Luv Cov ... ington
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Posted on 5/15/17 at 5:48 pm
I welcome any comments, links to explanatory articles ... or maybe a previous thread? SIAP

I received mailings from advisor(s) indicating after June 9 I will no longer be able to buy stocks individually in my IRA ... said a lot of other stuff, too.

ETA: The new rules only apply to "full service" brokers i.e. Scottrade not affected.

One of my brokers' company will "no longer be able to charge a transactional fee" and will therefore charge an annual management fee of .... 1.25%. -- lol.

So, if you're say, Goldman Sachs and you hold billions in IRA accounts, you would now get 1.25% of the value of each IRA each year. Since this income is taxable, the company or counselor would pay of that, say, 33% in taxes.

This means the Federal Govt would receive 0.41% from every full service IRA in the nation ... annually.

Hence, IRA's are not taxed on their income, but on their value. Sweet.


This post was edited on 5/16/17 at 2:41 pm
Posted by UltimaParadox
Huntsville
Member since Nov 2008
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Posted on 5/15/17 at 6:31 pm to
Is this a personal advisor?

Sounds more like a plan change through your brokerage.
Posted by Fat Man
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Member since Jan 2006
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Posted on 5/15/17 at 7:27 pm to
Winner, winner chicken dinner.

My thoughts, exactly.
Posted by iknowmorethanyou
Paydirt
Member since Jul 2007
6548 posts
Posted on 5/15/17 at 7:53 pm to
There are a ton of changes geared at homogenizing qualified accounts. All with the consumer's well being in mind of course. Thanks Obama.
Posted by Fat Man
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Member since Jan 2006
7057 posts
Posted on 5/16/17 at 2:47 pm to
From what I can tell (ETA to OP), the new rules benefit full service brokerage firms and the US Govt tax revenue.

1) Publicly complain about banks and Wall Street
2) Pass rule in Department of Labor that gives 1.25% of IRAs to brokerage firms.
3) Firms pay maybe 1/3 of that to US Treasury.
4) Give speech to firm for one hour, collect $400,000.
5) Nothing to see here.
Posted by Skeezer
Member since Apr 2017
2296 posts
Posted on 5/16/17 at 5:39 pm to
Can someone explain to my dumb self how this would change my relationship with vanguard?
Posted by Fat Man
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Member since Jan 2006
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Posted on 5/16/17 at 8:38 pm to
quote:

Can someone explain to my dumb self how this would change my relationship with vanguard?


If your IRA is self directed, not at all. If you have a "full service broker," I don't know.
Posted by Skeezer
Member since Apr 2017
2296 posts
Posted on 5/17/17 at 7:45 am to
Cool. Mine is self directed.
Posted by JDMMonroeTiger
Monroe
Member since Dec 2009
220 posts
Posted on 5/21/17 at 7:30 pm to
It sounds like you're with Edward Jones. Move your accts to an independent advisor.
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