Why QLAC Quote?
Compare and choose what is in your best interest with instant QLAC (Qualifying Longevity Annuity Contract) income rates direct from the annuity companies side by side. Developed by a Retirement Income Certified Professional® so that the QLAC process is transparent and easy with disclosed commissions and costs. See your estimated IRA RMD (Required Minimum Distribution) tax deferral savings from the online calculator. With interactive graphs to see when a QLAC will offer a higher total RMD income compared to portfolio returns.
- No annual fees
- Joint Life payout option
- Return of Premium option available
- Change the income start date option
- Annual inflation adjustment option, COLA
What is a QLAC?
QLAC (Qualified Longevity Annuity Contract) may be the highest income, the easiest kind of annuity income that you can buy. Summer of 2014, the IRS and Treasury Department finalized the creation of qualifying longevity annuity contracts, or QLACs, under the required minimum distribution (RMD) rules of Internal Revenue Code section 401(a)(9). Providing an exception to the RMD rules allowing an IRA owner to use the lesser of 25% of account owners’ total IRA account balance or $125,000 to deferred income annuity or longevity annuity that provides no cash value and promises income payments no later than age 85. This amount was subject to an inflation adjustment in the coming years. The only retirement tool that would provide protection against the longevity “risk” and not require the IRA account owner to distribute RMD tax up until the age of 85 from a QLAC. Beginning in 2018 the IRS using the inflation adjustment language updated the qualifying QLAC amount to $130,000. With the passing of the Secure Act 2.0 in 2023 the QLAC deposit limit was increased to $200,000 to go hand in hand with the RMD age limit increase to age 72.
Why use a QLAC?
- Save on IRA RMD tax by allowing your IRA QLAC to defer RMD income until age 85
- Medical expenses – as you age medical expenses become a larger portion of your monthly expenses – the income from QLAC can provide income for those expenses and help maintain your standard of living
- Inflation – you can use the additional QLAC income into the future to help off-set inflation
- Replace a pension or Social Security – if one spouse passes their pension/social Security may be reduced or even eliminated for the surviving spouse. Income from QLAC could help replace some of this lost income
- Knowing that you have additional guaranteed income into the future gives you the confidence to have a stronger allocation to stock equities – over time this could provide more robust portfolio returns
- Tax deferral of income you don’t want or need until a future date