BACKGROUND: My wife and I are interested in opening a solo 401K
retirement fund. We recently started operating a home based travel agency.
While we don't expect the agency to produce any meaningful income for at least
a year (started two months ago) we do have special circumstances that make the solo 401K attractive.
Here is a synopsis of our
situation:
I am 66 years old.
Currently employed
at American Express.
Have a 401K with $ 250K balance as
of 3/31/13
Have two 401K loans current balance
$24K
Have another retirement savings
account at Amex with $53K balance.
I am fully vested on both accounts.
My wife is 49 years old
Employed at an office furniture
manufacturer
Has insignificant simple IRA with a
balance of $75.00
My position at Amex will be
eliminated on 7/12/13
My severance will run thru April
2014 at full salary.
The separation documentation offers
a choice to keep paying the 401K loans without rolling it over.
My plan calls for rolling it over
into a self-directed solo 401K under the travel agency
I plan to invest in dividend
yielding stocks.
I also have around $30K credit card
debt that I would like to pay off.
Here is my plan:
Roll over retirement account with
$53K balance into the new solo 401K
Take out loan for $24K to pay off
the Amex 401K loans
Roll over the other Amex 401K into
the solo 401K
Take out another loan for 26K to
reduce the credit card balances.
Start investing in dividend paying
stocks with the remaining $250K.
QUESTION 1: Is this plan feasible? Do you see any problems with it?
Can the new solo 401k allow multipleloans to be open at the same time, like my current Amex 401K allows?
(within IRS limitations as to total balance outstanding during last 12 months.)
ANSWER: Yes our solo 401k plan allows for
multiple solo 401k loans provided the statutory limit is not exceeded, which is
50% of the solo 401k value not to exceed $50,000, which applies in aggregate to all solo 401k loans.
QUESTION 2: I assume those IRS limitations are
calculated separately since the new solo 401K is not an Amex plan not
related to Amex. Is this correct?
ANSWER: Yes the solo 401k loan limits are calculated
separately from your full-time job because the solo 401k would be adopted by
your self-employed business, which is not connected to Amex (i.e., it is not a
division or in the same line of business).
Please reply all. I am copying my
work email so I can see your response at work also.
BTW, I like your price structure and
will probably use your services to set up the solo 401K. I am in it long range,
so I will be taking the $595 set up option.
Thanks,
IB in Florida
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