Get IRS 4972 2011

Tax Form 4972 is used to reduce the tax load for lump sum distribution of a qualified retirement account. To qualify, the entire account must be payed out to the beneficiary in one tax year, the plan must be an employer plan and the beneficiary must be have been born before January 2, 1936.

Form 4972. If you were born before January 2, 1936, you may be able to use IRS Form 4972 to reduce the taxes on a lump-sum distribution.

A lump-sum distribution is the distribution or payment within a single tax year of a plan participant's entire balance from all of the employer's qualified plans of one kind (for example, pension, profit-sharing, or stock bonus plans).

Tax benefits You'll owe federal income taxes on every monthly pension payment. But with a lump sum, you don't have to pay the tax man if you don't need the money. If you roll the lump sum into an IRA, you'll only be taxed on the money that you choose to take out each month.

When you take money from your pension pot, 25% is tax free. You pay Income Tax on the other 75%. Your tax-free amount doesn't use up any of your Personal Allowance the amount of income you don't have to pay tax on. The standard Personal Allowance is £12,500.

Tax Form 4972 is used to reduce the tax load for lump sum distribution of a qualified retirement account. To qualify, the entire account must be payed out to the beneficiary in one tax year, the plan must be an employer plan and the beneficiary must be have been born before January 2, 1936.

Tax benefits You'll owe federal income taxes on every monthly pension payment. But with a lump sum, you don't have to pay the tax man if you don't need the money. If you roll the lump sum into an IRA, you'll only be taxed on the money that you choose to take out each month.

DEFINITION of Eligible Rollover Distribution An eligible rollover distribution is a distribution from one qualified plan that is able to be rolled over to another eligible plan. Types of qualified plans include IRAs and 403(b) plans.

For example, funds can be distributed from your plan and moved right into a new 401(k) plan or to an IRA that you have. This is called a "rollover," and a rollover is a distribution. But it doesn't trigger any penalties because the money is not coming to you. It's moving to another investment.

A direct rollover sends the funds from your current plan administrator directly to another administrator. An indirect rollover, on the other hand, involves the funds from the plan administrator being given to the plan participant, with the intent to place those funds into an IRA.

A withdrawal removes the money from your retirement plan and may involve some penalties. A rollover is a transfer of funds from one type of retirement program to another and can be accomplished without any tax penalty if the funds involved have the same tax considerations.

There is no limit on indirect rollovers (or direct) to a retirement plan, such as a 403(b) or 401(k) plan. The IRA involved may be an Individual Retirement Account or an Individual Retirement Annuity. The IRS will not apply the one-rollover-per-year rule to IRAs until January 1, 2015.