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Creating a Tax Efficient Retirement Withdrawal Strategy

October 14, 2019

In working with my retired or soon-to-be retired clients, perhaps the most frequent question I am asked is “What is the best way to withdraw from my investment and retirement accounts in retirement in order to provide me my desired retirement income?” I believe they ask me this question because many of them have investments in a mix of different accounts with varying tax characteristics such as taxable investment accounts, IRAs, 401k or retirement plan accounts, Roth IRAs, and possibly real estate investments such as rental property. In addition to that, they may also have retirement income coming in from multiple sources and at different times such as Social Security income, pension income, and deferred compensation. If you are interested in increasing what you can spend in retirement and reducing the impact taxes have on your retirement nest egg, it is important to have a multi-year retirement income plan that takes into account the impact taxes will have on both your retirement income sources, and the withdrawals you take from your different investment and retirement accounts.

What to Do When You Inherit Your Spouse’s IRA

September 24, 2019

For many people, a time will come when a parent, spouse, sibling or other beloved family member passes away and they will inherit IRA assets. Because the rules regarding inherited IRAs are not simple, mistakes are often made with inherited IRAs, whether they are inherited by spouses, children or others. In our experience in working with married couples, most of them name their spouse as the primary beneficiary of their IRA or other retirement accounts like their 401(k) or 403(b). Therefore, it is important for married couples to know how to apply the rules when a spouse inherits an IRA.

To Roll, or Not to Roll?

April 8, 2019

When I first sit down with prospective new clients to learn about their finances, one of the most common issues we come across is how spread out investment accounts are. We may have a brokerage account here, an IRA there and, very often, an old 401(K) or two still sitting in a previous employer’s plan. There are plenty of reasons why a 401(K) may be left behind with a prior employer – it could have gotten lost in the shuffle of beginning a new job, it may have just seemed like too much of a hassle to move the plan, or perhaps you took the time to roll the plan into an IRA but your employer made subsequent contributions you didn’t know about. These accounts, affectionately referred to as “orphans,” are becoming more and more common given the increasing frequency of job-hopping, especially among Millennials. So, who do these orphan accounts belong to and more importantly, what can be done about them?

Protect Your Heirs by Naming a Trust as IRA Beneficiary

July 17, 2018

Often, tax-qualified retirement accounts such as IRAs make up a significant part of one’s estate. Naming beneficiaries of an IRA can be an important part of an estate plan. One option is designating a trust as the IRA beneficiary.

Successful Retirement: It’s All About Your Other “IRA”

July 24, 2017

Most of us spend considerable time planning the financial side of retirement but we often give the most important part of the next phase of life short shrift. Finding meaningful purpose, however you define it, is what makes retirement satisfying and fulfilling. At Atlanta Financial, we have found that it’s your other IRA – your “Individual Retirement Attitude” – that makes the difference in this next stage of life.

Playing Catch-up with Your 401(K) or IRA

December 4, 2016

A recent survey of baby boomers (ages 53 to 69) found that just 24% were confident they would have enough money to last throughout retirement. Forty-five percent had no retirement savings at all, and of those who did have savings, 42% had saved less than $100,000.

Tag: IRA

What to Do When You Inherit Your Spouse’s IRA

To Roll, or Not to Roll?

Protect Your Heirs by Naming a Trust as IRA Beneficiary

Successful Retirement: It’s All About Your Other “IRA”

Playing Catch-up with Your 401(K) or IRA

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