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January 19, 2012
Funds must be in tax exempt retirement account – not merely traceable to a retirement account – on filing date to qualify for § 522(d)(12) exemption.
In re Pellegrini, Bankr. W.D. Mich., Case No. 09-90464, Hon. James D. Gregg (Jan. 17, 2012).
When Congress adopted BAPCPA, it added an exemption for "[r]etirement funds to the extent that those funds are in a fund or account that is exempt from taxation" under certain provisions of the Internal Revenue Code. 11 U.S.C. § 522(d)(12). Although broader than the exemption previously available for retirement funds, § 522(d)(12) is not limitless – as the Bankruptcy Court for the Western District of Michigan recently emphasized. Read More ›
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