Vermont § 4045 - Retirement plans

§ 4045. Retirement plans

• (a) As used in this section, “retirement plan” means a plan or account created by an employer,
  the principal, or another individual to provide retirement benefits or deferred compensation
  of which the principal is a participant, beneficiary, or owner, including a plan or
  account under the following sections of the Internal Revenue Code: (1) an individual retirement account under Internal Revenue Code § 408, 26 U.S.C. § 408, as amended; (2) a Roth individual retirement account under Internal Revenue Code § 408A, 26 U.S.C. § 408A, as amended; (3) a deemed individual retirement account under Internal Revenue Code § 408(q), 26 U.S.C. § 408(q), as amended; (4) an annuity or mutual fund custodial account under Internal Revenue Code § 403(b), 26 U.S.C. § 403(b), as amended; (5) a pension, profit-sharing, stock bonus, or other retirement plan qualified under Internal Revenue Code § 401(a), 26 U.S.C. § 401(a), as amended; (6) a plan under Internal Revenue Code § 457(b), 26 U.S.C. § 457(b), as amended; and (7) a nonqualified deferred compensation plan under Internal Revenue Code § 409A, 26 U.S.C. § 409A, as amended. (b) Unless the power of attorney otherwise provides, language in a power of attorney granting
  general authority with respect to retirement plans authorizes the agent to: (1) select the form and timing of payments under a retirement plan and withdraw benefits
  from a plan; (2) make a rollover, including a direct trustee-to-trustee rollover, of benefits from
  one retirement plan to another; (3) establish a retirement plan in the principal’s name; (4) make contributions to a retirement plan; (5) exercise investment powers available under a retirement plan; and (6) borrow from, sell assets to, or purchase assets from a retirement plan. (Added 2023, No. 60, § 1, eff. July 1, 2023.)