Have you procrastinated about setting up a tax-advantaged retirement plan for your small business? If the answer is yes, you are not alone. Even so, this is not a good situation. You are paying extra income taxes every year that you could easily avoid. However, you still have time to set things right and line yourself up for major tax savings for this year and beyond. This column explains the basics about your tax-smart retirement plan options.

When you cut through all the technical details, you’ll discover that tax-advantaged retirement plans come in two basic varieties:

Defined-contribution plans, which come in several different flavors.
Defined benefit pension plans.

How to choose a retirement plan for your small business

The Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (TCJA) was signed into law by President Trump near the end of 2017 and it mostly took effect in 2018. While the TCJA impacts almost every single individual taxpayer to some degree, the changes also significantly impact corporations and small businesses. In some areas, the impact was purposeful and directed. However, in other ways, the TCJA will have both positive and negative secondary effects. One area that could see a secondary or unintended boost due to a new tax deduction (IRC § 199A) for pass through businesses is retirement plans with small business employers.

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The benefit of working for a large company is gaining access to an employer-sponsored 401(k) – a critical tool that helps millions of workers save for retirement.

But if you are a small-business owner, you should know that you have several tax-advantaged savings plans at your disposal that allow you to sock away substantial funds for your golden years.

Better yet, the annual contribution limits for all of these plans increased in 2019, so now's a better time than ever to start funding one.

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Most working class Americans are employed by companies that either require or offer retirement savings options in the form of a 401(k), 403b), or pension plan. Because these contributions are automatically deducted from the employee’s paycheck, saving for retirement tends to be a rather painless process. Over time, the cumulative effect of regular monthly contributions leads to a nice sized nest egg that can be used in the retirement years.

But for entrepreneurs, the story is a little different. With no steady paycheck or employer-sponsored plans, many of these hardworking individuals forgo retirement contributions.  And though it may not seem like a big deal in the early years, this misstep can prove to be dangerous and irresponsible as entrepreneurs age.

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What is the best retirement plan for a self-employed person? Which is the best retirement plan for a small business owner? More importantly, which is the right retirement plan for you – as a business owner and / or a self-employed individual? Choosing the best retirement plan for you and your personal financial goals will depend on a few factors. Those include how much you can save into a retirement plan, whether or not you have employees and when you are setting up the retirement plan. Is it during the tax year or when filing taxes? To name a few.

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Running a small business or being self-employed can offer flexibility, freedom and control over your earning potential. While the perks are plentiful, there’s one thing thats usually missing when you own a small business: an employer-sponsored retirement plan.

Self-employed people do not have 401(k)s, and small business owners tend not offer them, citing the time and cost to set up and administer them. The good news is there are several other retirement plan options available to small business owners. If you have yet to begin saving for retirement as an entrepreneur, here is how you can change that.

Small Business Retirement Plan Basics

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Available: September 2011 

Provides expanded coverage of financial and estate planning strategies for implementing individualized solutions for the special problems associated with retaining accumulated wealth for retirement and estate planning purposes. With its comprehensive two-part approach to the complex issues that link retirement planning and estate planning, this book includes coverage of such topics as the final minimum distribution rules for individual retirement accounts and qualified plan distributions, the use of insurance as a qualified plan asset, and changes in the law to reflect the latest legislation.

Replete with scores of examples that illustrate and analyze estate planning strategies and their effects, it brings insight and expertise to the realm of estate and retirement planning by focusing on the tax-free transfer of wealth and by providing an insider's view of the various retirement benefits available to the corporate executive under both qualified and non-qualified retirement plans.

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Available: September 2011

Author: William D. Mitchell, J.D.

Provides expanded coverage of financial and estate planning strategies for implementing individualized solutions for the special problems associated with retaining accumulated wealth for retirement and estate planning purposes. With its comprehensive two-part approach to the complex issues that link retirement planning and estate planning, Estate and Retirement Planning Answer Book (2012 Edition), includes coverage of such topics as the final minimum distribution rules for individual retirement accounts and qualified plan distributions, the use of insurance as a qualified plan asset, and changes in the law to reflect the latest legislation.

Replete with scores of examples that illustrate and analyze estate planning strategies and their effects, Estate and Retirement Planning Answer Book, 2012 Edition, brings insight and expertise to the realm of estate and retirement planning by focusing on the tax-free transfer of wealth and by providing an insider's view of the various retirement benefits available to the corporate executive under both qualified and non-qualified retirement plans.

• U.S. Master Tax Guide (2013) 
• Estate Planning (2013 Edition) (U.S.) 
• Family Foundation Handbook (2013) – U.S.

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William D. Mitchell, J.D.

Provides expanded coverage of financial and estate planning strategies for implementing individualized solutions for the special problems associated with retaining accumulated wealth for retirement and estate planning purposes. With its comprehensive two-part approach to the complex issues that link retirement planning and estate planning, this book includes coverage of such topics as updated distribution and limitation amounts for individual retirement accounts and qualified plan distributions, updated exclusion amounts and income tax rates, capital gains and Roth accounts and changes in the law to reflect the latest legislation.

Replete with scores of examples that illustrate and analyze estate planning strategies and their effects, it brings insight and expertise to the realm of estate and retirement planning by focusing on the tax-free transfer of wealth and by providing an insider's view of the various retirement benefits available to the corporate executive under both qualified and non-qualified retirement plans.

Chapter 1 The Accumulation and Preservation of Wealth
Chapter 2 Wills, Revocable Trusts, and Other Alternatives
Chapter 3 Overview of Tax Principles
Chapter 4 The Marital Deduction
Chapter 5 Bypass Trusts
Chapter 6 Gifts
Chapter 7 Life Insurance
Chapter 8 Annuities
Chapter 9 Valuation of Business Interests and Other Property
Chapter 10 Charitable Contributions
Chapter 11 Funding for Liquidity
Chapter 12 Using Trusts with Grantor Retained Interests in Estate Planning
Chapter 13 Asset Protection
Chapter 14 Benefits and Domestic Relations
Chapter 15 Post-Death Estate Planning
Chapter 16 Benefit Plans
Chapter 17 Tax-Qualified Retirement Plans
Chapter 18 Employee Stock Ownership Plans
Chapter 19 Nonqualified Retirement Plans
Chapter 20 Personal Investing
Chapter 21 Business Transfers
Chapter 22 Individual Retirement Accounts and Simplified Employee Pensions
Chapter 23 Tax-Qualified Plan Distributions
Chapter 24 Distributions From Nonqualified Plans
Chapter 25 Protection of Retirement Income
Chapter 26 Incapacity and Other Retirement Issues
Chapter 27 Estate Planning for Qualified Retirement Plan Benefits and IRAs
Chapter 28 Estate Planning for Nonqualified Retirement Plans
Chapter 29 IRA Distributions
Chapter 30 Audits, Administrative Proceedings, and Tax Court Litigation
Chapter 31 Family Limited Partnerships
Appendix A Treasury Regulations Section 1.401(a)(9)-9 Life Expectancy and Distribution Period Tables
Appendix B Act/Public Law Number

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