Investors who have already contributed the maximum to tax - advantaged accounts or have good reasons to prefer
taxable accounts need to consider the tax efficiency of their investments.
In
a taxable account you need to make adjustments to Safe Withdrawal Rate and Continual Withdrawal Rate calculations.
The 401K, IRA, and
any taxable account need to be a part of the diversification and re-balancing.
Not exact matches
It's important to keep in mind that a brokerage
account is a
taxable account, so unlike tax - deferred retirement
account like a 401 (k) or IRA, you'll
need to square up with the IRS every year based on your gains, losses, and proceeds from dividends or interest.
Professional financial advisors focus on low - cost investments, locate assets properly in
taxable and tax - advantaged
accounts, rebalance assets and help clients decide where to draw assets to meet spending
needs.
If you're stuck without a 401 (k), with a high income (I realize this is a creative use of the word «stuck»), or both, you'll
need to use a
taxable account.
For instance, if you
need to save money for a down payment on a house or you plan on retiring early, then a
taxable account may be a good alternative to a standard savings
account.
I know myself and my situation well enough to understand that if I had invested the same amount of money in a
taxable brokerage
account with more liquidity, I would have spent plenty of it on creature comforts that I don't
need, and I would be worse off today for it.
I understand the risk of passing on the tax benefit now, but if we will
need withdraw from investments during early retirement, would it not make sense to first withdraw from the Roth IRA contributions instead of requiring us to invest / withdraw more from
taxable accounts?
The amount you
need will also depend on which
accounts you use to pay for health care — e.g., 401 (k), HSA, IRA, or
taxable accounts; your tax rates in retirement; and potentially even your gross income.3
And since I will
need to do a large re-balancing in the next month (since I
need to sell a large amount in my
taxable brokerage
account to invest in the new small family business previously discussed) there is no better time to re-analyze my current portfolio of actively managed funds.
To understand how your super payment will be taxed you
need to know whether the money in your super
account is tax - free or
taxable when you withdraw it.
Once you've settled on your asset allocation, you
need to consider your so - called asset location: Which investments should you hold in your retirement
accounts and which in your
taxable account?
If the total of your
taxable interest or dividends exceed $ 1,500, you'll
need to complete Part 3 of the form to report any interest you have in a foreign trust or financial
account.
So basically what I think I understand you're saying is that, in my overall portfolio, it
needs to be in a
taxable account, it can't be in a retirement
account, so let's say I have multiple mutual funds, some are going up, some are going down, it's a diversified portfolio.
But investors
need to make a decision, and we believe it still makes sense to follow the conventional wisdom and keep bonds in an RRSP and equities (when necessary) in a
taxable account.
But if you're a long - term investor who
needs to hold fixed income in a
taxable account, GICs are likely to be a better choice.
Trudeau may say that «only the rich» have $ 10,000 lying around to fund TFSAs but seniors have much more than that in RRSPs, RRIFs and
taxable accounts and
need to move those funds into TFSAs just as soon as they are permitted to do so.
In a
taxable account, the key consideration is whether you
need currency hedging or not.
Even if you don't
need the cash flow from these RRSP withdrawals, it may enable you to contribute to your TFSA
accounts and grow more assets in a tax - free environment (with tax - free withdrawals) rather than a tax - deferred one (with
taxable withdrawals).
Not only might they be able to avoid investing in
taxable accounts, they might never even
need an RRSP.
I'd add you might simply avoid DRIPs in
taxable accounts, and you should think carefully before choosing funds with high distributions if you don't
need current income.
That way if there's a shortfall because the market doesn't perform, you're covered — but if the 529's do perform well, then you can just use those funds to cover college.And the bonus is you'll be able to use what you have in the
taxable account for whatever you
need at the time.
Not a huge deal, but that means you will
need alternative resources to live on in those years (which we have via our
taxable brokerage
account).
Since our annual living expenses will be in the range of $ 50,000 to $ 70,000 I will
need plenty of years worth held in
taxable accounts and initial Roth IRA contributions (which can be accessed already tax - and penalty - free) since the rollovers to Roth IRAs to the tune of $ 28,900 will be coming slower than funds flowing out.
But when we're dealing with the lower tax rates, we
need to invest long enough for $ 15,000 invested tax - free to catch up with $ 25,000 in a
taxable account, and the second number is now 67 % higher than the first one.
Whether you have a ROTH IRA, traditional IRA, Rollover IRA,
taxable broker
account, joint investment
account, trust
account, SEP IRA, Custodial
account or are a company that
needs management for your 401 (k) offering, we can help.
If you want to use your investments for other goals and access the money sooner, you
need to keep it in a
taxable investment
account.
Admittedly, you could invest that $ 4500 difference in a
taxable account and then use it to pay the withdrawal taxes at the end, but the Roth avoids all the interim taxes on the
taxable account (and avoids the
need for interim tax - deferral strategies).
If in your
taxable account, you hold stock in a company acquired by another company in a merger, you
need to adjust your cost basis to compute capital gains or losses.
In a
taxable account, I wouldn't because the tax leakage from higher dividends is a cost that investors
need to consider.
The minimum investment requirement (the least amount of money you'll
need to assemble a Powerfund Portfolio) in a regular
taxable account is currently $ 42,000 (as of 7/1/10).
In effect, cash can be «moved» out of your tax - deferred
accounts when
needed by selling
taxable equity assets for the cash that was required and then «replacing» those assets in your retirement
accounts.
If you
need to hold fixed income in a
taxable account, consider a GIC ladder.
So if you
need to keep some investments in
taxable accounts, stocks that pay Canadian dividends or no dividends (domestic or foreign) should go there first.
Of course, this person still
needs to have sufficient assets in their
taxable accounts to pay the Roth IRA conversions taxes, while also paying living expenses in such low income years.
Holding stocks in
taxable accounts versus tax - advantaged
accounts is something that you'll have to really decide for yourself, depending on your goals, income
needs, time horizon, and everything else.
Under this approach, the gap between a retiree's income sources and expenses is understood to be the amount he or she
needs to supplement from the investment portfolio, generally consisting of both
taxable and tax - advantaged
accounts.
In that case, invest in a college savings
account for yourself (assuming education is
needed) and in a
taxable account to cover the expenses during the transition.
If you are beginning to set up your allocation, or just
need to restructure
account locations, first identify which
accounts are tax - deferred versus
taxable.
His main arguments for investing only in
taxable accounts include the
need to access the dividend income early in life and the fact that taking income from IRAs before normal withdrawal age is difficult.
On the other hand, you might choose to take a small amount of Social Security earlier and draw down more of your other retirement
accounts to reduce the
need to withdraw a larger,
taxable required minimum distribution (RMD) later.
Finally, it's important to note that married couples will
need to maintain separate tax - sheltered
accounts in their own names; they can, however, jointly own
taxable brokerage
accounts, so such
accounts should be streamlined into a single
account.
If the shares you sell were held in a
taxable account (i.e., not an IRA or 401 (k) or other retirement plan), you would
need to report the gain on your tax return and possibly pay a capital gains tax.
If, on the other hand, your finances are more complex — maybe you've got sizable sums in
taxable accounts and / or IRA rollovers or you're getting ready to retire and
need to draw on your nest egg in a way that won't deplete it too soon — then a managed
account may be the better option.
It also means if you are an investor with a
taxable account and want to open an IRA
account you
need a different email address too.
And if / when I reach FIRE, I will
need to use the income from the
taxable account for my expenses until I am able to draw from the tax - advantage
accounts.
No
need to generate
taxable income unless you have already maxed out all tax - advantaged
accounts, 401k, IRA / Roth IRA, 529, etc...
That's why the total IRA contribution is limited, not the per -
account contribution, and why you
need to look that the total value of your IRA in determining the
taxable portion, not the specific
account (s) from which you withdrew the money.
The Horizons S&P / TSX 60 (HXT) appeals to investors using
taxable accounts, as long as they don't
need to generate income from dividends.