Most financial advisors are too busy selling one product or one vendor and therefore are not aware of these types of tax-favored strategies.
Most advisors do not understand the intricate tax codes associated with or the process to ensure the strategies remain legally tax-favored producing TAX-FREE CASHFLOW.
This results in less than 1 in 10 Americans that are aware or have been exposed to these types of strategies.
Chaos in the economy and work environment in 2020 has driven a mass number of Americans to adopt these strategies, citing the potential extreme change in tax rates as the primary reason.
We are seeing growing numbers of American repositioning contributions from what were once the premiere retirement vehicles, the 401(k), 403(b) and IRA, to these or other tax-deferred vehicles.
You have a partner in these accounts. This is the worst type of partner, a partner in which you do not what percentage they will take when the time comes. You owe taxes on all of these accounts when you make withdraws. The amount of tax you pay will be dictated by two
All the money in these accounts are on Uncle Sam’s radar. To the point that at a certain age (currently 72) you are REQUIRED to make withdraws to pay the appropriate tax to Uncle Sam.
There is typically no protection from market loss. The funds in these types of accounts will earn or lose based on the type of investments held within the account.
Should you wish to make a withdrawal prior to age 59 ½, you are penalized in addition to having to pay taxes.
Each of the plans above have specific contribution limits.
In fact, an Account like a TFRA is not a new investment strategy. Accounts like these have been used by wealthy individuals and families for centuries. They take years to build, then pass on fortunes in a legally tax-free environment.
President John F. Kennedy had an account like this. So did Presidents Taft, Cleveland, McKinley, Harding, and FDR (FDR, in fact, held a large portion of his estate—$562,142 or over $7 million in today's dollars—inside his account...)
Even John McCain used his account to fund his electoral campaign back in '08.