The Power Of a Solo 401K | What You Need To Know

[@breeanders15]

I have a solo 401K!! Best decision I have ever made 🙂

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He added my contribution to solo 401k with my officer compensation as my total income and tax on that amount

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[@durtydeedsREI]

After watching this, I feel a bit duped into getting a Roth Solo 401k. I don't have any income coming in from my small business, it's a small little thing I wanted to do with my kids. So, it almost seems like I cannot contribute to this with my W-2 money. Very confused on where I went wrong on this. I am using it for private money lending, that was pretty easy. But, I don't understand how to leverage this account to help with retirement and/or tax benefits.

[@rnarzu]

Selfdirected 401k [ solo, independent, etc]

[@mariac9502]

Hi fellas, I want to rollover my SEP IRA into a SOLO 401k. I'm 70 yrs. old and have an LLC for real estate investing. I want to use the money for more real estate. How can I set up the SOLO? What do I need to do. I don't want to make any more contributions to the SOLO. Any help would be appreciated.

[@jeff3olsen]

Can solo 401K contributions come 100% from the employer to avoid FICA? For example, if wages are $100K, can the employer contribute $25K with $0 employee elective deferral? Or does the employee have to contribute?

[@MarkJKohler]

Jeff, to get your question answered, please submit it to podcast.mainstreetbusiness.com/ - thank you!

[@joannec8501]

Can you show me the IRS rule that says a part time under 500 hours a year employee doesn’t count as a employee for a solo 401k. That is definitely the rule for a traditional 401k that an employee under 500 hours for 3 years or the 1 year rule of 1000 hours is not eligible. Key phrase not eligible. It’s still an employee. Can you show me the IRS literature that supports this rule for a solo. I see bloggers writing about this, however I don’t see IRS literature supporting this.😮

[@CianTv1]

Can income from my holding company’s subsidiary count as income from for my holding company if my holding company creates and contributes to a solo 401(k)? If not, would u recommend that the holding company charges a management fee every month to count that as “income” for contributions?

[@markwill3404]

I pay 32k in self employment tax every year with 21 rentals and a w2, how do i reduce self employment tax?

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[@cmdv42]

so what would be the steps if we want to rollover a 401k from our career into a solo 401k if we don't have a business entity yet? Set up an entity, then a solo 401K? TIA!

[@MarkJKohler]

We can help with this! Please set up a free call with our people at Directed IRA: directedira.com/appointment/ and they can help you get set up with next steps, thank you!

[@RedDragonProtection]

I have an LLC that will have employees this year... my wife has a DBA for business advantage purposes, but hers makes no income... Can she do the Solo IRA for us? If we fund it from my business?

[@MarkJKohler]

To have a chance to get your question answered on a podcast, please submit it to podcast.mainstreetbusiness.com/ OR if you want to dive deeper into your question, please get connected with one of our Main Street Tax Pros at markjkohler.com/tax-advisor-network/ OR my team at directedira.com/appointment/ Thank you!

[@Marysiewert]

Can I just be an owner to receive management fees in the LLC (Property Management Company) or must I be a licensed real estate agent? YES

[@jamestriola6342]

I have a solo 401k that I opened last year (after your deadline). Can I move the plan to your company? I feel I would benefit from a consult

[@ranp237]

I opened this video to refresh my memory about the solo 401k. 20 min in and I still don't understand what a solo 401k is... You should start with a general five minute explanation for dummies about your topic and dive into a more detailed explanation. The guy on the left tends to start from the middle of the topic and keeps opening windows of new topics without closing the previous ones. He needs to work with a speaker coach to teach him story telling.

[@miguelmagallmm]

Is it 25% employer contribution out of the gross or net payroll?

[@sheiladowling8661]

As a notary, I don't pay FICA so I don't have an S-Corp or W-2. how do I do the matching?

[@MarkJKohler]

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[@mayraquintanillahbb238]

Can one have a solo 401k if one gives 1099's???

[@mezmez5799]

My company has a 457B and they recently changed it over to a 457B-Roth, so I changed the contributions to be post tax. My question is can I still have a solo 401K-Roth if I already have a 457B-Roth and an Roth-IRA?

[@MarkJKohler]

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[@PatienceiskeyETHSOL]

Hi How about your day job doesn’t match and you have a profitable side hustle Fund a Roth Fund a HSA Thanks

[@suzieheng3953]

My account told me I have to pay self-employment tax. Why do I have to have a solo 401k if I have to pay taxes anyway?

[@bootstrapstylerich]

Do you have an LLC and not an S-Corp? A good accountant would tell you how to avoid paying self-employment tax and making it an agreeable FICA paid amount on a W-2 income?

[@wtradesyt]

How do you setup a self directed 401k to rollover from a previous employer's 401k if you dont have a self employed business? I understand if you dont have a self employed business then you cant make contributions, but if you are changing jobs instead of rolling to the new employer's 401k can you rollover a previous employer's 401k to a self directed 401k? If no then what's the bare minimum you would have to do to maintain the solo 401k? Like do a little work for one of these gig economy apps once a week, like deliver for Uber/Doordash once a week?

[@retirementOwl]

Any side business qualifies as self-employment and there is no minimum revenue or income requirements. You could sell $100 of lemonade next weekend and that would qualifiy. From an implementation point of view, you don't even need to have sold any lemonade to open your Solo 401k. Just list yourself as a sole proprietorship (your name is business name) and create your plan documents. Once you have the documents, open a bank checking account in the name of your Solo 401k trust. This is part that is a bit of a pain, since the big banks like Bank of America don't let you setup accounts for trusts. Next, you can roll your old 401k's or IRAs into your Solo 401k if rolling cash. If you want to rollover stocks or mutual funds instead of cash, you'll need to open a brokerage account in the name of your Solo 401k's trust. I did this at Interactive brokers which was very easy as they have a trust setup option when opening an account. Some of my friends and myself opened Solo 401k's with very small businesses for the purpose of rolling retirement assets into the structure. A huge advantage of Solo 401ks is that they allow for very large contributions, but I didn't set mine up for that. I set up mine because you pay zero fees for the Solo 401k AND having self-directed investments was important to me.

[@bootstrapstylerich]

With any business you should strongly consider doing an LLC or an S-Corp to protect your PERSONAL ASSETS should something happen in the course of business where you get sued......

[@Isaac.Sinsun]

Is a solo 401K the same thing as a self directed 401K? Like the words are used interchangeably and there is no difference between them?

[@retirementOwl]

Not really, most Solo 401k's are self-directed although some are not. For me, the benefits of a truly self-directed plan is that I can invest in anything I want and I don't need anyone else to approve my investment choice. You can open a Solo 401k through a broker like Fidelty or Schwab and take full advantage of the high contribution limits that Solo 401k's allow. The big problem is that your investment options will be limited to investments offered by the broker. If you want to invest in real estate like buying a rental property or being a limited partner in a larger real estate investment trust, you cannot do that through a broker's Solo 401k plan. I've had friends make this mistake. With a Fidelity Solo 401k, Fideltiy is the plan custodian. With a truly self-directed Solo 401k, you are the plan's custodian.

[@rpgco.754]

Can't tell If I qualify and by how much. I Left employment early this year, having already maxed out FICA tax, contributed $25,700 to 401k. Wife's LLC #1 has FT employees, no retirement plan, can't do SEP IRA for her this year, as we did last 2 years. LLC#1 Income ~200k net. Wife has biz #2, solo, Maybe 100k net (before pay me) but does not have enough income in #2 to max a SEP contrib. Wife pays me consulting fee out of her solo LLC, #2 to my LLC(#3,solo), (Prepping LLC #1 for sale, so family employees, kids, shifting to LLC#2 for more accurate income statements) I can probably do a SEP based on LLC#3, up to ??? limit. I know we should income shift as much as possible to me to reduce her FICA, but what should I do for her retirement funds this year, and assuming I'll continue building her biz as a consultant, next year? (I already know I should be doing S Corp election filing, but my current accountant was too slow to get it done)

[@MarkJKohler]

Hey! Part of the Solo(k) consultation includes discussing if you qualify. You can get an appointment with one of my attorneys by reaching out to my New Client Specialist Emily at [e-mail] or giving her a call at [phone] ext. 2065

[@2ndSprings]

Quick question: Does the Rule of 55 work with a self-employed 401(k)?

[@MarkJKohler]

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[@drumbumm47]

Can I transfer my SEP into a new solo401k plan?

[@MarkJKohler]

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[@retirementOwl]

Yes, the answer is yes!

[@KumarKumar-kx4ct]

Can we fund Solo 401k from a full time employment (at least partially)? Is it a Good idea to transfer 401k funds from old employer to a solo 401k?

[@retirementOwl]

Transferring funds from a former empoyer 401k to a Solo 401k will 1) let you avoid the fees associated with the old plan and 2) Give you a much larger set of investment options than offered through employer plans.

[@TT_777]

am i qualify for solo 401K if I have full time job with W2, but I also own ab&b business which run solo on my own? (no staff on the ab&b business)

[@retirementOwl]

You can absolutely have a business with a Solo 401k if you also have a W2 employment. Remember though, your annual contribution limits would apply to the combination of employemnt 401k and Solo 401k.

[@Cyberbeesty]

I want a solo 401k for my spouse, and just set her up without payroll. Can I just treat her as a contractor income. She help provide a service to may business

[@KumarKumar-kx4ct]

Can we redirect all of the rental income into a spouse’s solo 401k who does not have a day job?

[@MarkJKohler]

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[@brandonsales147]

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[@noker519]

I have an S corp where I am 100% owner with no employees. I would like to start a solo 401k in this company. I am also 50% owner of an S Corp, the other owner (50%) is my son. In that company we do have w2 employees. Am I eligible to open a Solo401 for the company I have 100% ownership ?

[@CHRISTOPHEROSTLER-w4f]

Can an S-corp with no employees that has a solo 401k own a percentage of another s-corp that has a full time employee or employees without putting its Solo 401k status in jeopardy?

[@MarkJKohler]

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