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        <title><![CDATA[Coronavirus stimulus bill offers relief for retirees]]></title>
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        <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Retirees and pre-retirees considering tapping their qualified retirement accounts to survive tough times just got a tax break.</p><p>The recently passed $2 trillion stimulus law <strong>features loan provisions</strong> that are designed for anyone “who experiences adverse financial consequences as a result of being quarantined or being furloughed.”</p><p>The law provides tax reduction benefits for those who need to borrow from retirement accounts — such as 401(k)s and IRAs — that qualify for tax deferral, as well as for retirees who are required to take money from accounts each year and now worry about selling in a market crash.</p><p>Retirees won’t be required to take minimum distributions this year — analysts say that’s a good thing because they will benefit from deferral. The longer one delays using retirement funds, the more they can compound. Compounding, advisers say, is critical in achieving a retirement goal.</p><p>Retirees ages 70 to 72 can now wait a year to take a required minimum distribution from a qualified plan. This gives their beat-up accounts extra time to recover.</p><p>Those not yet retired, who need cash to survive, can withdraw up to $100,000 without the normal 10 percent penalty that attaches to premature withdrawals before age 59 ¹/₂. But the loan must be paid back within three years.</p><p>But Sallie Mullins Thompson, a Manhattan financial planner, said to avoid borrowing from a retirement account.</p><p>“The enhanced unemployed benefits would be at the top of my list. Max those out first, along with any emergency fund savings, before raiding your retirement plan,” Thompson said.</p>]]></content:encoded>
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