
How To Make Your 2020-2021 IRA Contribution To Your STRATA Account
*IRS update March 29, 2021: 2020 tax returns and IRA contribution deadlines extended to May 17, 2021 (June 15, 2021, for residents of Texas, Oklahoma, and Louisiana). Follow the easy...

Do Your IRA Investments Earn Business Income?
*IRS update March 29, 2021: 2020 tax returns and IRA contribution deadlines extended to May 17, 2021 (June 15, 2021, for residents of Texas, Oklahoma, and Louisiana). If so,...

Self-Directed IRA Trends and Outlook
Investors are catching their collective breath after an incredibly challenging and unprecedented year. We witnessed the onset of a global pandemic that claimed hundreds of thousands of lives, social unrest...

Tax Form Focus: IRS Form 1099-R
As a self-directed IRA owner, you should monitor the tax forms related to IRA investing to ensure you’re receiving the tax advantages available to you. Our tax form focus series...

Is An RMD Due For 2021?
The changes to the required minimum distribution (RMD) rules made by the SECURE Act of 2019 actually took effect in 2020, but all RMDs were waived for 2020 in response...

How Does Fair Market Value Apply To My Self-Directed IRA?
A self-directed IRA allows you the freedom to invest your IRA assets in much more than mutual funds, bonds, and ETFs, which are subject to fluctuations in the stock market....