«In other words, they must
come out of the retirement account and go through the «tax fence,» as we say, and then can be directed to an after - tax account which then can be spent or invested as goals dictate.»
Not exact matches
«When it
comes to
retirement, it is so important to get that money
out of the
retirement accounts as tax - efficiently as you possibly can,» emphasize Gary Plessl and Kevin Houser, certified financial planners and managing partners
of The Houser and Plessl Wealth Management Group.
So, I do think that for people who have accumulated most
of their
retirement savings within the confines
of some sort
of traditional tax - deferred
account, for the sake
of just giving yourself a little bit
of flexibility in
retirement to not have to take required minimum distributions from the
account, to have some withdrawals
coming out tax - free, I think the Roth contributions can make sense.
These ideas
come out of pension investment where 65 is the usual
retirement age and what you invest in the 1st ten years
of your pension (or any other compound interest fund)
accounts for over 50 %
of what you will get
out.
The QLAC designation, which
came out of a 2014 U.S. Treasury ruling, exempts these DIAs from the standard RMD rules, which force those older than 70 1/2 to withdraw a specific amount
of money from their tax - deferred
retirement accounts each year.
Based on their spending patterns, Simmons suggests Jason and Jessica divide their cash this way: $ 3,000 for fixed expenses («the things that
come out of your
account whether you like it or not,» like housing, insurance, phone, Netflix); $ 1,000 in short - term spending for big purchases (like travel, puppies, electronics); $ 1,200 in long - term saving («money to be socked away into the nest egg,» she says, for
retirement and emergencies); and, good news for Jason and Jessica, $ 2,800 left over to spend on everything else — that's groceries, gas, haircuts, tasty takeout, doggy toys, and whatever else they damn well feel like.
Add concerns about shaky markets abroad and throw in the predictions from some analysts that U.S. stocks could be headed for a major setback, and scaling back the stock holdings in your
retirement accounts — if not bailing
out of stocks completely — might have seemed a no - brainer way to avoid the
coming carnage.
So, I do think that for people who have accumulated most
of their
retirement savings within the confines
of some sort
of traditional tax - deferred
account, for the sake
of just giving yourself a little bit
of flexibility in
retirement to not have to take required minimum distributions from the
account, to have some withdrawals
coming out tax - free, I think the Roth contributions can make sense.
This will then show net worth after
accounting for cash flows that
come out of assets that provide
retirement income.
If you then compare investing that $ 55 - 60K amount over x years in real estate and paying taxes on the income, vs investing $ 100K in a tax - deferred
account earning the same return, you should
come out ahead on the
retirement plan side due to the larger amount
of starting capital and the elimination
of taxes along the way.