August 31st, 2011
The Solo 401K Plan, also known as the Individual 401K or Self Directed 401K Plan is an IRS approved plan that was designed specifically for the self-employed or small business owner with no employees other than the owners(s). The Solo 401K Plan offers all the same investment options of the Self-Directed IRA LLC plus many more. For example, with a Solo 401K Plan, one can make high contributions (up to $54,500), borrow up to $50,000, open the account at any local bank, and have checkbook control over the funds. Accordingly, the Solo 401K Plan has become the most popular retirement plan for the self-employed.
When it comes to deciding what type of Solo 401K plan is best for you and your business, it is important to look at all the options the plan provides to make sure it will satisfy your retirement planning, tax, and investment goals.
Most banks and financial institutions, such as TD Ameritrade offer Solo 401K Plans. The Solo 401K Plans are typically quite restrictive and only permit the plan participant to make limited investments without benefiting from most of the available IRS approved options such as the tax-free loan and Roth contributions. However, if you do not want to be forced to invest all your hard earn retirement savings in the stock market or in mutual funds, than the TD Ameritrade Solo 401K Plans may end up not being very attractive. In addition, the TD Ameritrade Solo 401K Plans will not offer a loan feature or allow you to make Roth Type contributions.
IRA Financial Group?s Solo 401K plan is unique and so popular because it is designed explicitly for small, owner only business.
Unlike TD Ameritrade?s Solo 401K Plan, by adopting IRA Financial Group?s Solo 401K Plan, you can serve as trustee of the plan and make traditional investments as well as non-traditional investments such as real estate tax-free and without custodian consent.
Have an investment you want to make with your retirement funds, like real estate, but TD Ameritrade won?t let you do it even though it is IRS approved? Then IRA Financial Group?s Solo 401K Plan is your retirement and investment solution.
Make high Annual Tax-Free Contributions: Like to the TD Ameritrade Solo 401K Plan, with IRA Financial Group?s Solo 401K Plan you can to make tax-deductible annual contributions up to $49,000 annually with an additional $5,500 catch up contribution for those over age 50.
Tax-Free Loan: Like most financial institutions, TD Ameritrade?s Solo 401K Plan offers no loan feature, while IRA Financial Group?s Solo 401K Plan allows plan participants to borrow up to $50,000 or 50% of their account value (whichever is less) for any purpose. The loan has to be paid back over a five-year period at least quarterly at a minimum prime interest rate (you have the option of selecting a higher interest rate)
Checkbook Control: The most significant advantage of the IRA Financial Group Solo 401k Plan in comparison to the TD Ameritrade Solo 401K Plan is that it offers you checkbook control over your retirement funds. With the TD Ameritrade Solo 401K Plan, you are restricted to making traditional investments such as stocks and or mutual funds. Even though making real estate, precious metals and other types of investments are IRA approved, TD Ameritrade won?t let you make these type of investments. The reason for this simple, TD Ameritrade only makes money when you buy their financial products ? not when you buy real estate. In addition, the Solo 401KPlan account is required to be opened at TD Ameritrade. With IRA Financial Group?s Solo 401K Plan, the plan account can be opened at any local bank, including Chase, Wells Fargo, and even Fidelity. In addition, with IRA Financial Group?s Solo 401K Plan, the plan participant can make almost any traditional as well as non-traditional investments, such as real estate, precious metals, tax liens, third-party lending, notes, stock, private business, and much more. With IRA financial Group?s Solo 401K Plan, you have the freedom to make the investments you want when you want while at the same time having the ability to open the 401K account at any local bank or credit union. With IRA Financial Group?s Solo 401K Plan, you can serve as the trustee of the plan giving you checkbook control over your retirement funds. In contrast to TD Ameritrade?s Solo 401K Plan, which restricts your investment opportunities to stocks and mutual funds, with IRA Financial Group?s Solo 401K Plan, making a traditional as well as non-traditional investment such as real estate is as simple as writing a check.
Roth Contributions: TD Ameritrade?s Solo 401K Plan does not allow for Roth (after-tax) contributions. IRA Financial Group?s Solo 401K Plan contains a built in Roth sub-account which can be contributed to without any income restrictions. Furthermore, TD Ameritrade?s Solo 401K Plan does not allow for in-plan Roth conversions or rollovers. Whereas, IRA Financial Group?s Solo 401K Plan allows for in-plan Roth conversions. However, the Solo 401K Plan participant must pay income tax on the amount converted.
Low Cost Administration: Like TD Ameritrade?s Solo 401K Plan, IRA Financial Group?s Solo 401K Plan is easy to operate. There is generally no annual filing requirement unless your solo 401K Plan exceeds $250,000 in assets, in which case you will need to file a short information return with the IRS (Form 5500-EZ). ?Unlike TD Ameritrade, however, the tax attorneys at the IRA Financial Group will assist you in completing this form is required
No Tax on Real Estate Financing: Since the TD Ameritrade Solo 401K Plan does allow for real estate investments, you would not be able to benefit from the ability to use nonrecourse financing tax-free when making real estate investments with Solo 401K retirement funds. IRA Financial Group?s Solo 401K Plan will allow one to use nonrecourse leverage tax-free when making real estate investments with plan assets.
IRA Financial Group will take care of setting up your entire Solo 401k Plan. The whole process can be handled by phone, email, fax, or mail and typically takes between 2-7 days to complete, the timing largely depending on the state of formation and the custodian holding your retirement funds. Our 401k experts and tax and ERISA attorneys are on site greatly reducing the set-up time and cost. Most importantly, each client of the IRA Financial Group is assigned a tax attorney to help with the establishment of the Solo 401k Plan. You will find that our fee for this service is significantly less than other companies that perform the same or similar services.
To learn more about the advantages of choosing the IRA Financial Group?s Solo 401K Plan over the TD Ameritrade Solo 401K Plan, please contact a tax professional at 800-472-0646 or visit www.irafinancialgroup.com
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