Tax Advantaged Annuity: Qualified Longevity Annuity Contract (QLAC) Explained

[@RainerArencibia]

This is great! Thanks for sharing Michelle!

[@MichelleMarki]

You're welcome, glad you enjoyed my video! :D

[@astrungis]

Thanks, Michelle. Appreciate the info

[@MichelleMarki]

Glad to hear! :) You're welcome.

[@davidg4058]

Thanks for the useful info. I waited until age 70 to collect Social Security, which is 32 percent more than my age 66 benefit. If you had $200k you could throw away for 15-20 years, you can afford to let your SS benefit grow. That's my lifetime "annuity" which also has a COLA. I don't think QLACs are inflation-adjusted and I think you pay taxes on the payouts (deferred money). Finally, like car dealers, the people selling these annuities are paid on commission, so do they really prioritize my needs?

[@MichelleMarki]

Thank you David for your thoughtful feedback on the QLAC topic! I appreciate learning from your perspective and experiences! Happy Holidays!

[@cgrilley]

Great info Michelle!!! I know with an annuity you're shifting the market risk to an insurance company...but what if the insurance company goes under? LIke an AIG situation? In that case are you concentrating your risk in the "maybe good hands" of an insurer?

[@MichelleMarki]

Yes, that is definitely one of my concerns about insurance companies that might not be around by the time you expect to receive the income from the annuity. That's also why we have to try to vet how "reputable" and "reliable" we think an insurer would be among those that offer this type of annuity, and maybe ask around in what other people's experience has been so far? Or try to measure the health of an insurer based on what they take on?

[@SuperThinwhistle]

Do you know of any type of annuity (QLAC or otherwise) that can be purchased in a Beneficiary IRA (an inherited IRA)? It sounds like the 10 year rule, requiring all funds to be fully withdrawn within 10 years, makes it impossible to buy an annuity in such an account. Is that correct? Thanks.

[@MichelleMarki]

Hi there, that's a great question! I have no clue but I hope you might find an answer. Would not the funds from a beneficiary IRA become your own, and then you can decide what to do with it? On a bigger question, how can beneficiaries invest within the inherited IRA unless they have no choice but to disburse the funds and then you invest it in your own account? Good luck!