He also withdrew about $ 7,000
from a retirement account last year.
Not exact matches
The idea behind this rule is that you can plan to withdraw 4 percent of your assets
from your
retirement account each year for your nest egg to
last indefinitely.
In my
last blog (# 3), I was able to determine the anticipated timing and amount of distributions
from my
retirement plan
account.
As you know
from last week's post on tax - efficient investments, I have a decent chunk of money in my taxable investment
account and that will continue to grow at a decent pace until
retirement.
There are some semi-complex rules that make it different than a Traditional IRA, but withdrawing funds
from any
retirement account should be a
last resort only.
Last year, for example, researchers
from Texas Tech and William Patterson University documented what they called «a
retirement consumption gap,» or the fact that many retirees were spending much less than they could actually afford based on the size of their
retirement accounts plus income
from Social Security and other sources.
Here's a method of withdrawing
from your
accounts that will generally give you a good chance at making your savings
last throughout
retirement.
It is a very bad idea in almost all circumstances to borrow / withdraw
from an IRA (or other
retirement account) for a down payment on a house and I would only suggest it as a
last resort.
Using funds for a down - payment
from a
retirement account should be a
last resort.
Last month, four former Atlanta - area brokers were charged with fraudulently persuading Federal employees to roll over holdings
from their TSP
retirement accounts into higher - fee, variable annuity products.
• You can control how much money gets injected into the
retirement plan
from each investment
account by using the annual income manual withdrawal columns (shown on the
last column of the asset sheets).
You can view your
last statement / s of the year to determine if you have earned more than $ 10.00 in interest, dividends, or distribution / s
from retirement accounts.
If, for example, you received $ 19,000 in Social Security
last year, you would be able to deduct $ 10,000 against income
from a public pension, IRA or other type of
retirement savings
account.