Ed Slott, CPA, is the nationally recognized IRA and retirement planning distribution expert, best-selling author, professional speaker and television personality. He has also hosted several public television programs, including his latest, Retire Safe & Secure! with Ed Slott. As an AARP columnist, Slott also writes a monthly Q&A column where he answers consumers' retirement planning questions. His company, Ed Slott and Company, LLC, is the nation's leading provider of technical IRA education for financial advisors, CPAs and attorneys. Ed Slott's Elite IRA Advisor GroupSM is comprised of nearly 450 of the nation's top financial professionals who are dedicated to the mastery of advanced retirement account and tax planning laws and strategies.