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Individual retirement account (ira)
IRS account that allows an individual to make limited contributions that qualify as deductions against income earned in that year;interest accumulates tax deferred until the funds are withdrawn
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Individual retirement annuity (IRA)
A flexible premium annuity contract that may be designed as a fixed dollar annuity or a variable annuity
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regular (earnings related) traditional IRA's
Individuals make tax deductible contributions based on their earnings, marital status, and whether or not they are covered under certain employer provided retirment plans
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Required begining Date (RBD)
Date an owner of a traditional IRA must begin taking taxable distributions no later than april 1 of the calendar year following the year in which the owner is 70 1/2
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Rollover traditional IRA
A traditional IRA that receives an eligible rollover distributions from a qualified retirement plan, TSA, or Section 457 government deffered compensation plan
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Roth IRA (earnings related)
Individuals make contributions that are taxed currently and that are based on their earnings and marital status. There are income limits; there is no required beginning date for distributions; qualified distributions are usually nontaxable
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Spousal IRA
When one of the spouses has no compensation during the tax year, the working spouse may contribute to an IRA for the nonworking spouse as well as to his or her own IRA
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Education savings account (educational IRA)
An individual can contribute up to $2000 per year beneficiary to an education savings account, subject to certain income limits
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Ira to Ira rollover
A transfer of all or part of assets received from one IRA into another IRA of the same type within 60 days to avoid current income tax
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Direct IRA transfer
Distribution where an IRA's assets are transferred directly from one plan to another without passing into the hands of the IRA owner
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Self directed IRA's
An IRA where the owner has complete control over the selection of a broad range of investments
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Life annuity
A annuity where an individual pays an insurance company a specific sum in exchange for a promise that the insurer will make a series of periodic payments to the individual for as long as he or she lives
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Annuity consideration or premium
specified sum that an individual pays an insurance company in exchange for the promise of guaranteed annuity payments
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Annuitant
the individual who is to receive guaranteed payments for as long as they lives
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Fixed dollar annuity
annuity where cash value acumulation is a stated dollar amount that is guaranteed by the insurance company and on which the insurer pays a specified or determinable rate of interest
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Variable annuity
Annuity where the owner can choose from a number of investment funds to place their annuity premiums with the option of moving their annuity contributions and the cash values among the various funds at reasonable intervals
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Annuity units
Current value of the retirement variable annuity investment fund, converted into units of retirement income; the annuitant receives an income of a certain number of calculated "annuity units" per months
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Combination plans
Annuities that give owners the choice of putting their annuity values into a fixed dollar fund, 1 or more variable funds, or a combination of fixed and variable accounts
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Equity indexed annuity (EIA)
Fixed dollar annuity that combines minimum insurance company guarantees and the linking of interest earnings of the cash value to a stock market index
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Flexible premium annuity
An annuity that allows the owner the discretion of when to pay periodic premiums
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Single premium annuity
An annuity that is purchased with a single lump sum payment
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Deferred annuity
An annuity where the benefits will not be payable until some years in the future
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Immediate annuity
An annuity in which the benefits begin as soon as the purchase price is paid
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Annuity owner
The person or entity who owns the right under an annuity contract
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Beneficiary
The person or entity named in the contractto receive the death benefit under the annuity if that the owner dies before the benefits are paid
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Accumulate phase
The time period in which contributions are made to the annuity contract, thus accumulating capital
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Distribution phase
The time period in which the owner receives benefits or payouts from an annuity
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Yield guarantee
The interest rate that an insurance company will pay on the cas accumulation under a fixed dollar annuity
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Front end load annuity
An annuity that has a sales charge deducted from its premium at the time the contract is purchased
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Surrender charge
fee assessed against the annuity contract if more than a certain amount is withdrawn or surrendered within a specified time period after purchase
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Back end load
A contingent deferred sales charge that is normally a diminishing percentage of the annuity value and tends to discourage annuity owners from transferring or surrendering their annuities during the period in which the loads may be imposed
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Split funded annuity
A combination of an immediate annuity and a deferred annuity where part of the annuity fund is used to provide an immediate income for a fixed period or for life, while the remainder continues to grow tax deferred as a deferred annuity
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