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You might want to consider the Louisiana income tax ramifications. Distributions from most Louisiana and city/parish retirement plans are not subject to Louisiana income tax. However, once you roll it over to an IRA, distributions are subject to Louisiana income tax when distributed from the IRA. ...

You only file the 2553. The 8832 is not necessary if filing a 2553. The instructions to the forms are pretty clear, and there is a rev proc too. ...

You need to call TAF. They handle all the priority points and restrictions on transferring them. The athletic office just gets the rankings from TAF for upgrades, etc. You will probably encounter resistance on transferring them because if they allowed it, people could pool points in an LLC to impro...

Just make sure you have enough money outside of these retirement accounts. The best thing about Roth accounts is the earnings on growth within the account are never taxed. However, the rules for distributions out of a Roth 401k are more restrictive than for a Roth IRA, preventing withdrawals outside...

What is the applicable federal rate? This is Jeopardy right?...

Or start paying for your own insurance. This farce of having insurance subsidized entirely by employers is why no one knows how expensive healthcare really is. To the OP, I fail to see where you described both options. It seems like you only described the HDHP, which I always the cheapest. It is...

Plea of nolo contendre to simple battery anybody? ...

Have you ever seen the 4 year olds play soccer? All it is a mass of kids following a ball, kind of like MLS. At that age, it doesn't matter where you play. Once the kids get around age 6, then you should worry about the organization they are playing for. Eta: Soccer snob!...

35 percent of assets exceeding 5 million is the general rule until 2013. Then it is 55 percent of assets exceeding 1 million. Die early and often. ...

Hypothetically speaking, if you were a resident for less than 6 months, you could just file a part-year resident return. Here is the Revenue Ruling on how to complete a return as a part-year resident: [link=(http://rev.louisiana.gov/forms/lawspolicies/RR05008.pdf)]LINK[/link] As an aside, how m...