Retirement Planning Education, with Andy Panko

Special edition 200th episode where Andy shares some of his observations about the financial services industry from his time working in it: Creating good and consistent content is hard to do and do well ( 9:32 )A lot of content is just clickbait to get your views and/or advertise something to you, and not actually good content ( 13:15 )Personal finance is a lot more personal than it is finance ( 17:40 )The vast majority (all?) of long-term retirement planning is ultimately just a lot of educated guesses and there is no way to create a perfect or infallible retirement plan ( 21:46 )Roth conversions are given too much attention and emphasis ( 28:15 )There are a lot of reasons to not like the financial services industry, and most (all?) of the industry is ultimately out to get you to buy something from them ( 33:30 )Most of the people in the industry are really good people and do really good work, but they just might not be working in a company or structure that prioritizes the client ( 37:52 )There is continued growth and momentum in financial advisors providing planning-focused services at more logical fee structures and service offerings ( 42:17 )Tax planning is getting more attention and more advisors are learning about and offering tax planning ( 43:50 )The percent of assets under management model doesn't make sense. There are other fee structures that are less illogical, less unfair, less arbitrary in what they charge ( 46:46 )The financial services and advisory industry is unfortunately really fragmented between different "factions" of companies, services, products, etc., and it ends up being a disservice to consumers ( 53:12 )Tax return prep is a hard business. Please be kind and considerate in dealing with tax preparers, especially in February, March and April! :-) ( 1:00:36 ) Links in this episode: Episode 100 of the Retirement Planning Education podcast - #100 – 100th episode celebration!!! Andy's 100 words of retirement planning wisdom To send Andy questions to be addressed on future Q&A episodes, email [email protected] My company newsletter - Retirement Planning InsightsFacebook group - Retirement Planning Education (formerly Taxes in Retirement)YouTube channel - Retirement Planning Education (formerly Retirement Planning Demystified)Retirement Planning Education website - www.RetirementPlanningEducation.com

Andy and Jonathan Vance from Vance Financial Planning share their thoughts on a handful of current events and "hot topics" relating to retirement planning. Specifically, they talk about:  Given current world affairs and their impacts on the markets, should you do anything different with your investments, or are there any other planning opportunities to consider ( 14:20 )Tax updates for 2026, and some recap of tax takeaways for 2025 now that the 2025 tax return season is mostly behind us ( 26:27 )Using in-kind gifts to family and friends to get rid of appreciated non-qualified assets you no longer want, but don't want to sell and realize the gains ( 38:45 )The importance of having a good grasp on your future expenses and how that impacts virtually all aspects of retirement planning ( 46:00 )The practicality of the "die with zero" concept, and how Monte Carlo can help try to put it into practice ( 1:00:48 )Questions to ask when interviewing a financial advisor ( 1:11:54 )Options for what to do with permanent life insurance policies or annuities you might no longer want, or are no longer in your best interest ( 1:23:10 ) Links in this episode: Vance Financial Planning website - https://www.vancefp.comManuka Financial's article, 9 Questions to ask a Flat Fee (or any!) Financial Advisor as you Near Retirement - here To send Andy questions to be addressed on future Q&A episodes, email [email protected] My company newsletter - Retirement Planning InsightsFacebook group - Retirement Planning Education (formerly Taxes in Retirement)YouTube channel - Retirement Planning Education (formerly Retirement Planning Demystified)Retirement Planning Education website - www.RetirementPlanningEducation.com

Andy discusses the pros and cons of taking a lump sum vs taking monthly payments for your pension, questions to ask yourself to help figure out if it might be better for you to take one vs the other, and other considerations to keep in mind in making the decision Links in this episode: www.ImmediateAnnuities.comwww.PBGC.govTenon Financial's April 2026 newsletter - Whether to take a pension as a lump sum or monthly payments Tenon Financial monthly e-newsletter - Retirement Planning InsightsFacebook group - Retirement Planning Education (formerly Taxes in Retirement)YouTube channel - Retirement Planning Education (formerly Retirement Planning Demystified)Retirement Planning Education website - www.RetirementPlanningEducation.com To send Andy questions to be addressed on future Q&A episodes, email [email protected]

Listener Q&A where Andy talks about:  How often to check your accounts for rebalancing, and how often to check on your bigger picture finances and plan ( 2:32 )What to do with old positions you no longer want in a brokerage account but they all have large unrealized gains ( 16:03 )How Medi-Cal benefits interact with a high deductible health plan and an HSA (spoiler alert...I don't know!) ( 22:20 )Are there any good reasons to leave old/prior employer 401(k) plans where they are ( 25:31 )Tracking Roth IRA contributions (including money inherited from a deceased spouse's Roth 401(k)) ( 29:50 )The mechanics of separating the cream from the coffee when rolling pre-tax money in an IRA to a 401(k) to leave behind in the IRA just the after-tax basis, and potential gotchas with that process ( 33:41 )Are potentially large RMDs really a threat to someone's financial plan, or just a pain ( 42:37 )Additional thoughts on whether to pay off a mortgage before retirement, particularly if using pre-tax funds (like from a 401(k)) to do it, even if the interest rate on the loan is really low ( 49:45 )Why Roth money within a 401(k) isn't actually in its own separate account, but is instead just an internal accounting record type of "sub" account ( 53:04 )Tax-free conversions of mutual fund share classes to ETF share classes of the same fund, where available ( 59:02 )Thoughts on rental property vs bank CD's for purposes of estate transfer, tax implications and general retirement plan considerations ( 1:03:23 ) To send Andy questions to be addressed on future Q&A episodes, email [email protected] Links in this episode: My article about pros and cons of rolling over old employer plans to an IRA - here My company newsletter - Retirement Planning InsightsFacebook group - Retirement Planning Education (formerly Taxes in Retirement)YouTube channel - Retirement Planning Education (formerly Retirement Planning Demystified)Retirement Planning Education website - www.RetirementPlanningEducation.com

Andy chats with a real person (not an advisor) doing their own retirement planning. In this episode, Andy talks with Jim Kellerman. They talk about a wide array of retirement planning topics such as when he started getting serious about planning for retirement, how he now spends his days in retirement, what he's doing for health insurance since he's not yet on Medicare and why he's at the local prison each week...    Links in this episode: Puritas tax prep software (including for Form 709 gift tax returns) - here Tenon Financial monthly e-newsletter - Retirement Planning InsightsFacebook group - Retirement Planning Education (formerly Taxes in Retirement)YouTube channel - Retirement Planning Education (formerly Retirement Planning Demystified)Retirement Planning Education website - www.RetirementPlanningEducation.com To send Andy questions to be addressed on future Q&A episodes, email [email protected]

Andy chats with fellow retirement planner Bradley Hilton, CFP®, TPCP®, MBA from Sonas Financial Planning. In this episode they talk about a wide array of retirement planning topics such as tax planning, distribution strategies, investing, annuities, long-term care insurance, what consumers often overlook in retirement planning and much more! Links in this episode: Bradley's advisory company website - https://www.sonasfp.com/ or https://www.sonasfinancialplanning.com Tax Foundation summary of state-level estate and inheritance taxes (as of 2025) - here  To send Andy questions to be addressed on future Q&A episodes, email [email protected] Tenon Financial monthly e-newsletter - Retirement Planning InsightsFacebook group - Retirement Planning Education (formerly Taxes in Retirement)YouTube channel - Retirement Planning Education (formerly Retirement Planning Demystified)Retirement Planning Education website - www.RetirementPlanningEducation.com

Andy discusses the ins and outs of gifting, the annual gift exclusion, gift splitting, gift taxes, gift tax returns (IRS Form 709) and more! Links in this episode: Tenon Financial's March newsletter/blog about gifting - hereIRS Form 709 - here Tenon Financial monthly e-newsletter - Retirement Planning InsightsFacebook group - Retirement Planning Education (formerly Taxes in Retirement)YouTube channel - Retirement Planning Education (formerly Retirement Planning Demystified)Retirement Planning Education website - www.RetirementPlanningEducation.com To send Andy questions to be addressed on future Q&A episodes, email [email protected]

Listener Q&A where Andy talks about:  Income tax treatment of buying bonds in a normal non-qualified brokerage account when you buy or sell bonds in between coupon periods ( 8:37 )When still working, are 50 or older, are maxing out your 401(k) contributions, and are high income and therefore would need to have your catch-up contribution go into your Roth (instead of pre-tax) 401(k), would it be better to skip the catch-up and instead put that money in a normal brokerage account ( 14:40 )Taxation of Social Security lump sums received for prior month's retroactive payments; is it taxable in the year received or in the prior year that the payments were attributable to ( 17:56 )Does the imputed wage income from employer group life insurance in excess of $50,000 death benefit qualify as earned income for purposes of making Roth IRA contributions ( 24:26 )Deciding how/when to sell out of appreciated assets in a brokerage account you no longer want but don't want to have to deal with realizing taxable gains ( 29:11 )Thoughts on direct indexing, and whether it's a strategy worth considering ( 37:01 )Whether or not to pay off a mortgage, especially now that interest rates are higher than they were a few years ago ( 44:07 )Thoughts on when to stop saving if/when you've saved "enough," balancing planning for the future you vs the present you, deciding how much to sacrifice now for saving for the future, etc. ( 49:24 )The differences in step-up in basis rules for spouses in community property states vs common law states, and how that impacts federal taxes (even if the gains aren't taxable at the state level) ( 55:10 )What to keep in mind when spouses want to maximize gift giving and not have to file a gift tax return ( 1:01:44 )Deductibility of donating appreciated securities vs cash and how to plan large donations in years of doing Roth conversions to help manage taxable income ( 1:07:47 ) To send Andy questions to be addressed on future Q&A episodes, email [email protected] Links in this episode: My company newsletter - Retirement Planning InsightsFacebook group - Retirement Planning Education (formerly Taxes in Retirement)YouTube channel - Retirement Planning Education (formerly Retirement Planning Demystified)Retirement Planning Education website - www.RetirementPlanningEducation.com

Andy chats with a real person (not an advisor) doing their own retirement planning. This week Andy is joined by Kevin Sebesta from the Rock Retirement Club Kevin retired at 43 as part of the FIRE (Financial Independence, Retire Early) concept. He shares his planning and retirement journey, and discusses more about FIRE including the FIRE community and thoughts everyone (not just FIRE folks) should consider when planning for retirement.    Links in this episode: Kevin's blog - www.LifeInFIRE.comThe Rock Retirement Club - www.RockRetirementClub.com Tenon Financial monthly e-newsletter/blog - Retirement Planning InsightsFacebook group - Retirement Planning Education (formerly Taxes in Retirement)YouTube channel - Retirement Planning Education (formerly Retirement Planning Demystified)Retirement Planning Education website - www.RetirementPlanningEducation.com To send Andy questions to be addressed on future Q&A episodes, email [email protected]

Andy and Jason Cutitta from ToBa Financial share their thoughts on a handful of current events and "hot topics" relating to retirement planning. Specifically, they talk about:  How to incorporate a potential inheritance into your retirement planning ( 12:30 )Limitations of the "Die With Zero" concept ( 18:55 )The upcoming ability to do in-plan Roth conversions in the federal Thrift Savings Plan ( 29:06 )Whose retirement accounts to take from first when spouses have a big age disparity ( 36:56 )When are you required to file a tax return. And even if you aren't required to file one, why you still should anyway ( 45:04 )How to try to project your income for the year when there are certain items you can't know for sure until later in the year ( 53:32 )When in the year is the best time to take your annual Required Minimum Distribution ("RMD") ( 1:01:02 )How much money do you need in retirement to justify hiring a financial advisor ( 1:08:21 ) Links in this episode: ToBa Financial website - https://www.jasoncutitta.com/toba-financialThe Hawaii Retirement Show podcast - https://www.jasoncutitta.com/hiretirementshow To send Andy questions to be addressed on future Q&A episodes, email [email protected] My company newsletter - Retirement Planning InsightsFacebook group - Retirement Planning Education (formerly Taxes in Retirement)YouTube channel - Retirement Planning Education (formerly Retirement Planning Demystified)Retirement Planning Education website - www.RetirementPlanningEducation.com

Andy does a deep dive into everything about "backdoor" Roth contributions, which is where you make an after-tax contribution to a traditional/pre-tax account, and then convert it to a Roth account. Looks simple on the surface, but there are a lot of angles and gotchas to watch out for Links in this episode: IRS Form 8606 - hereCongressional meeting summary from December 2017 meeting on the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act - here Tenon Financial monthly e-newsletter - Retirement Planning InsightsFacebook group - Retirement Planning Education (formerly Taxes in Retirement)YouTube channel - Retirement Planning Education (formerly Retirement Planning Demystified)Retirement Planning Education website - www.RetirementPlanningEducation.com To send Andy questions to be addressed on future Q&A episodes, email [email protected]

Andy shares his background and how/why that shaped his views, beliefs and approach to providing tax-efficient retirement planning and related content through the Retirement Planning Education website, podcast, YouTube channel, blog and Facebook group Links in this episode: Tenon Financial monthly e-newsletter - Retirement Planning InsightsFacebook group - Retirement Planning Education (formerly Taxes in Retirement)YouTube channel - Retirement Planning Education (formerly Retirement Planning Demystified)Retirement Planning Education website - www.RetirementPlanningEducation.com To send Andy questions to be addressed on future Q&A episodes, email [email protected]

Listener Q&A where Andy talks about:  Can a spouse claim spousal benefits while delaying the start of their own benefit ( 10:40 )What's the best way to view your accounts in terms of how much of them are actually yours after accounting for eventual taxes you have to pay on them ( 14:08 )Can a minor be named as the beneficiary of a retirement account ( 23:28 )His thoughts on dividend stocks and funds ( 26:55 )Follow up thoughts about combining retirement account, in response to a previous listener question ( 34:43 )Considerations and gotchas around changing state tax domicile ( 39:30 )10 cognitive biases in investing, and which three I see the most in my practice ( 46:48 )Considering the present value of expected future Social Security payments when determining asset allocation ( 54:25 )Additional thoughts about the 4% rule and whether you can increase your distribution if your portfolio value increases ( 1:01:40 ) To send Andy questions to be addressed on future Q&A episodes, email [email protected] Links in this episode: NASDAQ's summary of 10 cognitive biases in investing - here Retirement Planning Education podcast episode - #002 - What's the 4% Rule My company newsletter - Retirement Planning InsightsFacebook group - Retirement Planning Education (formerly Taxes in Retirement)YouTube channel - Retirement Planning Education (formerly Retirement Planning Demystified)Retirement Planning Education website - www.RetirementPlanningEducation.com

Andy chats with a real person (not an advisor) doing their own retirement planning. This episode is a bit different from our normal real people chats though. Andy is joined by Kevin Lyles from the Rock Retirement Club. Kevin is a retired corporate lawyer who has since become a certified retirement coach, focusing on helping people with the non-financial aspects of retirement. In the episode, Andy & Kevin talk about six "Retirement Truths:" You never know when you have enough; there are too many uncertainties and too many changes in lifeThe 90/10 rule; before retirement, planning is often 90% financial, 10% non-financial. In retirement, planning is often 90% non-financial, 10% financialSearching for purpose can lead to frustration and failure to find itOptimization is great. But don't let the elusive quest for perfect be the enemy of good. Don't let yourself get stuck in analysis paralysisTo thrive in retirement, we must continue to grow and achieveRetirement isn't about money; it's about time. Tomorrow is not promised   Links in this episode: The Rock Retirement Club - here Tenon Financial monthly e-newsletter - Retirement Planning InsightsFacebook group - Retirement Planning Education (formerly Taxes in Retirement)YouTube channel - Retirement Planning Education (formerly Retirement Planning Demystified)Retirement Planning Education website - www.RetirementPlanningEducation.com To send Andy questions to be addressed on future Q&A episodes, email [email protected]

Andy and Cody Garrett from Measure Twice Financial share their thoughts on a handful of current events and "hot topics" relating to retirement planning. Specifically, they talk about:  Affordable Care Act ("ACA") tax credits and income "cliffs" in tax planning ( 08:13 )Doing Roth conversions vs tax gain harvesting ( 22:30 )Paying taxes in retirement; estimated payments vs withholdings ( 31:33 )Rushing into Roth conversions ( 38:50 )When to start doing HSA distributions ( 51:31 )Should you be worried about tech stocks ( 58:23 )Timing Required Minimum Distributions ("RMDs"); when in the year to take them ( 1:08:26 )Retirement spending anxiety ( 1:17:37 ) Links in this episode: Cody's website - https://www.measuretwicemoney.com/ To send Andy questions to be addressed on future Q&A episodes, email [email protected] My company newsletter - Retirement Planning InsightsFacebook group - Retirement Planning Education (formerly Taxes in Retirement)YouTube channel - Retirement Planning Education (formerly Retirement Planning Demystified)Retirement Planning Education website - www.RetirementPlanningEducation.com

Andy shares his thoughts and commentary about 2025 returns and events for: U.S. stocksInternational stocksU.S. bondsGold & SilverBitcoin Links in this episode: Tenon Financial monthly e-newsletter - Retirement Planning InsightsFacebook group - Retirement Planning Education (formerly Taxes in Retirement)YouTube channel - Retirement Planning Education (formerly Retirement Planning Demystified)Retirement Planning Education website - www.RetirementPlanningEducation.com To send Andy questions to be addressed on future Q&A episodes, email [email protected]

Listener Q&A where Andy talks about:  Potential advantages or disadvantages of consolidating retirement accounts ( 4:28 )Paying taxes through IRA withholdings vs making estimated payments ( 13:08 )Whether a minister's housing allowance impacts Affordable Care Act subsidy eligibility ( 26:11 )When Qualified Longevity Annuity Contracts ("QLACs") might make sense to consider ( 30:27 )When following the 4% "rule" for distributions, can you reset your initial distribution if/when your portfolio value increases from market gains ( 37:48 )If someone has an outdated will and unused trust, but the person verbally stated their wishes to the heirs, is there a need to update will and/or trust, especially if there is currently nothing in the trust ( 49:19 ) To send Andy questions to be addressed on future Q&A episodes, email [email protected] Links in this episode: Tenon Financial August 2024 newsletter about - Retirement plan-to-IRA rollover pros and consRetirement Planning Education YouTube video - What is a QLAC (Qualified Longevity Annuity Contract)?Retirement Planning Education podcast episode - #002 - What's the 4% Rule My company newsletter - Retirement Planning InsightsFacebook group - Retirement Planning Education (formerly Taxes in Retirement)YouTube channel - Retirement Planning Education (formerly Retirement Planning Demystified)Retirement Planning Education website - www.RetirementPlanningEducation.com

Andy chats with a real person (not an advisor) doing their own retirement planning. In this episode, Andy talks with Jill. They talk about a wide array of retirement planning topics such as leaving the workforce relatively early, keeping expenses moderate yet still doing and enjoying a lot in life, what she wishes she would have known and done sooner for her retirement planning, and more!    Links in this episode: Tenon Financial monthly e-newsletter - Retirement Planning InsightsFacebook group - Retirement Planning Education (formerly Taxes in Retirement)YouTube channel - Retirement Planning Education (formerly Retirement Planning Demystified)Retirement Planning Education website - www.RetirementPlanningEducation.com To send Andy questions to be addressed on future Q&A episodes, email [email protected]

Andy and Kevin Thompson from 9i Capital Group share their thoughts on a handful of current events and "hot topics" relating to retirement planning. Specifically, they talk about:  Thoughts on how the One Big Beautiful Bill Act complicates 2025 tax planning. And in particular whether people 65 or older should try to keep their income low to get some or all of the extra $6k bonus deduction ( 7:41 )What's up with the markets??? Should we be worried about the stock market? ( 17:33 )Their views on private or alternative investments and whether consumers should embrace them ( 34:30 )Should people try to prevent ever being in IRMAA (i.e. income-based Medicare surcharge) territory with their income, or instead consider SOME IRMAA in the name of longer term tax planning ( 44:04 )Helping address client mental incapacity issues, elder/financial abuse, etc. ( 54:43 )What keeps them up at night, in their roles as advisors ( 1:00:01 ) Links in this episode: Kevin's company's website - https://www.9icapitalgroup.com/Kevin's YouTube page - https://www.youtube.com/@9iCap/Kevin's company's Facebook page - https://www.facebook.com/9iCapGroup/Kevin's X (formerly Twitter) page - https://x.com/9ICapGroupKevin's Substack page - https://9icapital.substack.com/Kevin's LinkedIn page - here To send Andy questions to be addressed on future Q&A episodes, email [email protected] My company newsletter - Retirement Planning InsightsFacebook group - Retirement Planning Education (formerly Taxes in Retirement)YouTube channel - Retirement Planning Education (formerly Retirement Planning Demystified)Retirement Planning Education website - www.RetirementPlanningEducation.com

Listener Q&A where Andy talks about:  A correction on something incorrect I said last week regarding deciding which spouse's pre-tax account to distribute or convert from ( 3:28 )Pros and cons of using a single total global stock market fund vs multiple other funds such as just US and just international  ( 8:17 )What's in the calculation for Modified Adjusted Gross Income ("MAGI") for purposes of determining eligibility to contribute to a Roth IRA ( 14:49 )Deciding when to start a Roth account, and whether it should be a Roth IRA or Roth 401(K) (if you have the option), and whether it should be funded via conversion or contribution ( 20:40 )What to consider when deciding on which pension payment type of choose ( 27:52 )Should IRA distributions instead be converted to Roth if you don't need to use the money any time soon ( 35:50 )What to consider when retiring late (e.g. late-60s or 70s) ( 42:02 )Explaining certain "fees" on trade confirmations, such as when buying coupon-paying bonds or stocks/ETFs ( 47:21 )Why just looking at unrealized gains or losses on a position in a dividend or distribution paying security don't tell the whole story with regards to how much money you've actually made or lost in the position ( 53:45 ) To send Andy questions to be addressed on future Q&A episodes, email [email protected] Links in this episode: My company newsletter - Retirement Planning InsightsFacebook group - Retirement Planning Education (formerly Taxes in Retirement)YouTube channel - Retirement Planning Education (formerly Retirement Planning Demystified)Retirement Planning Education website - www.RetirementPlanningEducation.com

Listener Q&A where Andy talks about:  Starting Social Security benefits early so your minor children can claim dependent benefits, and how the earnings test can come into play if you're still working ( 5:53 )Social Security spousal benefits, and what happens when the lower earning spouse starts their own benefit early at a reduced amount, then later switches to spousal benefits ( 10:35)Social Security survivor benefits and whether the surviving spouse should start their own benefits earlier before eventually starting the survivor benefit, and whether there will be a reduction to the survivor benefit as a result ( 13:46 )If spouses each have IRAs, does it matter from which IRA they take distributions ( 18:28 )How income from a decedent's investments is taxed after the death of the decedent ( 23:01 )Whether tax withholdings from wages is treated the same as tax withholdings from IRA distributions with regards to the IRS viewing the amount withheld as having happened evenly throughout the year to help avoid underpayment penalties and interest ( 30:57 )How to find a financial advisor/planner who works on a limited engagement basis for just certain guidance or questions (such as Social Security claiming questions and tax return reviews), without requiring management of investments  ( 36:49 )Why do so many advisors require management of investments to provide their planning services, and how to find an advisor who doesn't (this is an extension of the previous question) ( 41:14 )Using zero-coupon Treasury STRIPS in retirement for income after wages stop but before Social Security or other income sources start ( 45:40 ) To send Andy questions to be addressed on future Q&A episodes, email [email protected] Links in this episode: Devin Carroll's Social Security Spousal Benefit CalculatorFinding an "advice-only" advisor - www.AdviceOnlyNetwork.com My company newsletter - Retirement Planning InsightsFacebook group - Retirement Planning Education (formerly Taxes in Retirement)YouTube channel - Retirement Planning Education (formerly Retirement Planning Demystified)Retirement Planning Education website - www.RetirementPlanningEducation.com

Andy chats with a real person (not an advisor), Beth Pinsker, a columnist for MarketWatch, about her new book, My Mother's Money, A Guide to Financial Caregiving. In the book, Beth details her personal experience in becoming her mother's financial caregiver, both during her mother's end of life and health decline, and beyond her mother's death and through the estate administration process. The book provides tons of practical knowledge, insight and recommendations for how to ensure your financial affairs are in order, that others who need access to information and accounts have it, that end-of-life planning scenarios are less painful and difficult than they otherwise would be and that estate administration isn't more cumbersome, lengthy and challenging than it needs to be. This book is a must read! Links in the episode: Beth's website - https://bethpinsker.com/ To send Andy questions to be addressed on future Q&A episodes, email [email protected] Tenon Financial monthly e-newsletter - Retirement Planning InsightsFacebook group - Retirement Planning Education (formerly Taxes in Retirement)YouTube channel - Retirement Planning Education (formerly Retirement Planning Demystified)Retirement Planning Education website - www.RetirementPlanningEducation.com

Andy and Ben Brandt from Retirement Starts Today share their thoughts on a handful of current events and "hot topics" relating to retirement planning. Specifically, they talk about:  Thoughts on Monte Carlo analysis; the good, the bad, the ugly ( 9:10 )Why all retirement plans are ultimately wrong as soon as they're made, and need to be agile and adaptable ( 13:30 )How to try to help people get comfortable spending the money they've accumulated ( 22:53 )Should people care how financial advisors dress? ( 29:18 )Is IRMAA (Income Related Monthly Adjustment Amount) something that needs to be avoided, or is it okay to knowingly pay some IRMAA in the name of longer term tax planning ( 35:12 )Are there any planning considerations or concerns people should have if the government shutdown continues to drag on ( 39:58 )Is renting a home (instead of owning or buying) a home in retirement okay ( 44:27 )Are Donor Advised Funds worth using ( 48:35 )Their thoughts on Artificial Intelligence and how it may impact financial and retirement planning ( 52:52 )Is it okay to pay taxes on Roth conversions by withholding it from the IRA, or should taxes on conversions only be paid with money outside of an IRA, such as in a bank or brokerage account ( 1:00:42 ) Links in this episode: Ben's website - Retirement Starts TodayBen's YouTube channel - Even Better Retirement To send Andy questions to be addressed on future Q&A episodes, email [email protected] My company newsletter - Retirement Planning InsightsFacebook group - Retirement Planning Education (formerly Taxes in Retirement)YouTube channel - Retirement Planning Education (formerly Retirement Planning Demystified)Retirement Planning Education website - www.RetirementPlanningEducation.com

Andy shares some year-end tax planning tips, deadlines and things to consider around the following topics: contributions to qualified accountsRoth conversionsdistributions from qualified accountsRequired Minimum Distributions ("RMDs")charitable donationsQualified Charitable Distributions ("QCDs") from IRAsgiftingtax loss and tax gain harvestingdoing a projected/pro forma 2025 tax return Links in this episode: Tenon Financial monthly e-newsletter - Retirement Planning InsightsFacebook group - Retirement Planning Education (formerly Taxes in Retirement)YouTube channel - Retirement Planning Education (formerly Retirement Planning Demystified)Retirement Planning Education website - www.RetirementPlanningEducation.com To send Andy questions to be addressed on future Q&A episodes, email [email protected]

In this special guest host episode, Brian Tegtmeyer from Truly Prosper Financial  Planning talks about how to address and plan for the non-financial aspects of retirement such as intellectual engagement, purposeful activities, health and fitness, relationships and more. And he also shares a quick exercise to do to see how you can measure your satisfaction in these various areas, and how to help intentionally address the ones you feel need improvement Links in this episode: Truly Prosper Financials Planning's website - https://trulyprosperfp.com/Brian's first time on the Retirement Planning Education podcast - #085 – Retirement planner chat, with Brian Tegtmeyer from Truly Prosper Financial PlanningBrian's second time on the Retirement Planning Education podcast - #150 - "Hot topics" edition...Andy and Brian Tegtmeyer talk about retiring in a down market, concerns about Social Security, making estimated tax payments and MORE! Tenon Financial monthly e-newsletter - Retirement Planning InsightsFacebook group - Retirement Planning Education (formerly Taxes in Retirement)YouTube channel - Retirement Planning Education (formerly Retirement Planning Demystified)Retirement Planning Education website - www.RetirementPlanningEducation.com To send Andy questions to be addressed on future Q&A episodes, email [email protected]

Listener Q&A where Andy talks about:  The CAPE (Cyclically Adjusted Price to Earnings) Ratio as a measure of whether the US stock market is overvalued or undervalued, and drawbacks with the CAPE Ratio ( 4:32 )The meaning of Benjamin Graham's quote "In the short run, the stock market is a voting machine, but in the long run it's a weighing machine" ( 17:07 )Helping clients overcome their frugality habits to enjoy more of their deferred spending from their nest eggs ( 19:18 )Understanding "duration" and what it means in bond funds ( 26:58 )How Annie Duke's concept of decision making and luck play into retirement planning ( 34:19 )Balancing between good enough and optimization in retirement planning ( 38:45 )Tax withholdings and credits on dividends from international stocks, and whether international stocks should be held only in normal brokerage accounts and not qualified accounts like IRAs and Roth IRAs ( 46:50 )Additional resources in understanding and calculating 72(t) Substantially Equal Period Payments ("SEPP") to avoid the 10% early withdrawal penalty on accessing retirement accounts before 59 1/2 ( 52:20 )A listener public service announcement about itemizable deductions for casualty losses due to federally declared disasters, and how IRS staffing issues and shutdowns exacerbate the inconvenience of the mandatory 20% federal tax withholding on 401(k) contributions ( 55:19 ) To send Andy questions to be addressed on future Q&A episodes, email [email protected] Links in this episode: Link to Tax Planning to and Through Early Retirement  My company newsletter - Retirement Planning InsightsFacebook group - Retirement Planning Education (formerly Taxes in Retirement)YouTube channel - Retirement Planning Education (formerly Retirement Planning Demystified)Retirement Planning Education website - www.RetirementPlanningEducation.com

Andy chats with a real person (not an advisor) doing their own retirement planning. In this episode, Andy talks with Jackie Cummings Koski. But Jackie isn't just the typical "real" person doing her own retirement planning. She went the F.I.R.E. (Financial Independence Retire Early) route and left her corporate job in her late-40s. She's since expanded on the financial knowledge she gained during her F.I.R.E. journey to get a masters degree in financial planning and coaching, obtain the CFP® designation, author the book F.I.R.E for Dummies and become the cohost of the Catching Up to FI podcast! She's making the most of her retirement by being a financial educator to millions of people. She's since become a valuable contributor and presence to the financial community. In this episode, Andy and Jackie talk about her F.I.R.E. journey and how she became so knowledgeable in personal finance after not having much prior knowledge or experience in the subject, what her "number" was to achieve financial independence, some of the technical planning aspects of her retirement (such as how she's accessing her retirement account without penalty before age 59 1/2 and what she's doing for health insurance before Medicare), and how she became a trusted source of financial knowledge and education for millions of people!  Links in the episode: Bill Stecker's 72(t) calculation website - https://72tcalc.com/Jackie's book, Money Letters 2 my Daughter - https://a.co/d/9p3wwDdJackie's book, F.I.R.E. for Dummies - https://a.co/d/5m0u5zEThe Catching Up to FI Podcast - https://catchinguptofi.com/ To send Andy questions to be addressed on future Q&A episodes, email [email protected] Tenon Financial monthly e-newsletter - Retirement Planning InsightsFacebook group - Retirement Planning Education (formerly Taxes in Retirement)YouTube channel - Retirement Planning Education (formerly Retirement Planning Demystified)Retirement Planning Education website - www.RetirementPlanningEducation.com

Andy chats with fellow retirement planner Allen Mueller, CFA, CFP® from 7 Saturdays Financial. In this episode they talk about a wide array of retirement planning topics such as tax planning, distribution strategies, investing, annuities, long-term care insurance, how to know when people have enough to retire, what consumers often overlook in retirement planning and much more! Links in this episode: Allen's advisory company website - 7 Saturdays FinancialAllen's blog - hereAllen's LinkedIn Profile - https://www.linkedin.com/in/allenrmueller/ To send Andy questions to be addressed on future Q&A episodes, email [email protected] Tenon Financial monthly e-newsletter - Retirement Planning InsightsFacebook group - Retirement Planning Education (formerly Taxes in Retirement)YouTube channel - Retirement Planning Education (formerly Retirement Planning Demystified)Retirement Planning Education website - www.RetirementPlanningEducation.com

Andy shares his views on the few different ways in which people in the financial services/financial advisory industry can receive revenue: Commission-onlyFee-onlyHybrid or fee-based Links in this episode: My article in Rethinking65 - How Much Are Your Services Worth? Tenon Financial monthly e-newsletter - Retirement Planning InsightsFacebook group - Retirement Planning Education (formerly Taxes in Retirement)YouTube channel - Retirement Planning Education (formerly Retirement Planning Demystified)Retirement Planning Education website - www.RetirementPlanningEducation.com To send Andy questions to be addressed on future Q&A episodes, email [email protected]

Listener Q&A where Andy talks about:  How to calculate how much money you can gift or donate in retirement without running out ( 8:47 )Does the five-year rule met by a previous Roth IRA carry over to a new Roth IRA ( 17:03 )Is it better to draw down an inherited IRA and delay starting Social Security, or vice versa ( 19:39 )Can distributions from an annuity in a 403(b) be used to meet Required Minimum Distributions in IRAs ( 23:37 )How to get cash flow or income from illiquid assets - such as real estate investments - when more income is needed than what's otherwise produced by the asset ( 31:21 )What are the drawbacks of investing in a total world stock market fund or total world bond market fund vs instead using multiple funds for stock and bond exposure ( 37:14 )If concerned about leaving money to an heir who may not be responsible for receiving a large inheritance, is it possible to pre-arrange for the purchase of an annuity upon death so the heir gets annuity income instead ( 44:48 )Should target date funds be used in conjunction with other funds, or just used by themselves ( 48:24 )When in an assisted living facility, how much of the facility's fees are deductible as medical expenses ( 53:50 )What's the best way to save money for a grandchild: 529 account, Uniform Transfer to Minors account or an account in your own name (with the grandchild named as beneficiary) ( 57:29 ) Link to Tax Planning to and Through Early Retirement  To send Andy questions to be addressed on future Q&A episodes, email [email protected] Links in this episode: My company newsletter - Retirement Planning InsightsFacebook group - Retirement Planning Education (formerly Taxes in Retirement)YouTube channel - Retirement Planning Education (formerly Retirement Planning Demystified)Retirement Planning Education website - www.RetirementPlanningEducation.com

Andy chats with a real person (not an advisor) doing their own retirement planning. In this episode, Andy talks with Scott. They talk about a wide array of retirement planning topics such as leaving the workforce early than planned during COVID and later reengaging in part-time work to have social interaction, managing income for purposes of Affordable Care Act premium tax credits, how life and financial plans always change even in retirement, and more!    Links in this episode: Tenon Financial monthly e-newsletter - Retirement Planning InsightsFacebook group - Retirement Planning Education (formerly Taxes in Retirement)YouTube channel - Retirement Planning Education (formerly Retirement Planning Demystified)Retirement Planning Education website - www.RetirementPlanningEducation.com To send Andy questions to be addressed on future Q&A episodes, email [email protected]

Andy and Justin Pritchard from Approach Financial share their thoughts on a handful of current events and "hot topics" relating to retirement planning. Specifically, they talk about:  The pros and cons of target date funds ( 11:05 )Their thoughts on the recent presidential executive order allowing private and illiquid investments to be offered inside 401(k) plans ( 23:26 )Can you make up for insufficient retirement savings by investing more aggressively ( 31:51 )Understanding your advisor's succession plan and how to try to make the succession transition successful for you ( 39:35 )Things to consider when firing an advisor or changing advisors ( 46:39 )Whether people should consider getting a living/revocable trust ( 56:22 )Things to consider if you're looking to hold cash in banks in currencies other than US Dollars ( 59:53 ) Links in this episode: Justin's firm - Approach FinancialJustin's YouTube channel - Justin Pritchard, CFP® on Retirement To send Andy questions to be addressed on future Q&A episodes, email [email protected] My company newsletter - Retirement Planning InsightsFacebook group - Retirement Planning Education (formerly Taxes in Retirement)YouTube channel - Retirement Planning Education (formerly Retirement Planning Demystified)Retirement Planning Education website - www.RetirementPlanningEducation.com

Andy summarizes some helpful IRS tools and interesting IRS and tax return-related information after his recent attendance at the annual IRS Tax Forum/conference Links in this episode: IRS Taxpayer Online Account - hereID.me - hereIRS IP PINs - hereIRS Document Upload Tool - hereIRS Interactive Tax Assistant - here Tenon Financial monthly e-newsletter - Retirement Planning InsightsFacebook group - Retirement Planning Education (formerly Taxes in Retirement)YouTube channel - Retirement Planning Education (formerly Retirement Planning Demystified)Retirement Planning Education website - www.RetirementPlanningEducation.com To send Andy questions to be addressed on future Q&A episodes, email [email protected]

Listener Q&A where Andy talks about:  How to account on your tax return for the basis in inherited IRAs ( 7:00 )Is having large Required Minimum Distributions ("RMDs") really a bad thing ( 12:04 )Is there any merit to using a break-even analysis to help decide when to start Social Security ( 15:59 )When does it make sense for someone to consider working with a financial advisor ( 18:14 )Are Roth contribution and conversion rules the same across all of the various types of employer retirement accounts like 401(k)s, 403(b)s, TSP, etc. ( 26:18 )Are there separate five-year holding periods for Roth conversions done in employer retirement plans ( 27:37 )Do in-plan Roth conversions each have their own five-year holding period to waive the 10% early withdrawal penalty ( 30:36 )Can Roth conversions be done before taking any distributions or doing Qualified Charitable Distributions ("QCDs") in the year someone turns RMD age ( 31:49 )If receiving Restricted Stock Units ("RSUs") or deferred compensation in years after you stop working, is that considered earned income eligible for making Roth IRA contributions ( 34:38 )Does taking a really large Health Savings Account ("HSA") distribution make you a higher audit risk in the eyes of the IRS ( 39:19 )Is there a way to invest in broad stock market exposure but without the ongoing dividends such index fund pay out ( 42:27 )Does the progress toward meeting the five-year rule within an employer Roth retirement plan port over to a Roth IRA or other employer Roth plans when doing a rollover, or vice versa ( 46:08 )How to plan and account for an inheritance that a person is rather certain to receive, but the timing of receiving it isn't certain ( 49:43 ) To send Andy questions to be addressed on future Q&A episodes, email [email protected] Links in this episode: My company newsletter - Retirement Planning InsightsFacebook group - Retirement Planning Education (formerly Taxes in Retirement)YouTube channel - Retirement Planning Education (formerly Retirement Planning Demystified)Retirement Planning Education website - www.RetirementPlanningEducation.com

In this slight twist to the "real" person episode format, Andy doesn't interview a real person but instead addresses the most common retirement planning questions he gets from "real" people. The questions addressed are: Do I have enough to retire?When can I retire?How much cash should I have?When should I start my Social Security?How do I get money out of my portfolio?How do I pay taxes?Should I do Roth conversions? If so, how much? Links in this episode: Tenon Financial monthly e-newsletter - Retirement Planning InsightsFacebook group - Retirement Planning Education (formerly Taxes in Retirement)YouTube channel - Retirement Planning Education (formerly Retirement Planning Demystified)Retirement Planning Education website - www.RetirementPlanningEducation.com  To send Andy questions to be addressed on future Q&A episodes, email [email protected]

Andy and Mark Rosinski from Dunes Financial share their thoughts on a handful of current events and "hot topics" relating to retirement planning. Specifically, they talk about:  Thoughts on common withdrawal strategies and what they use in each of their firms ( 12:04 )The level of impact of some of the changes in the One Big Beautiful Bill Act ( 30:51 )Things to consider when doing rule of 55 distributions from your employer retirement plan ( 37:56 )Their thoughts on how many funds and holding the stock portion of a portfolio should have ( 45:40 )When or if there are benefits to having multiple accounts of the same type, such as multiple IRAs, multiple brokerage accounts, etc. ( 57:31 )How to actually take distributions from a portfolio; from which accounts, in what frequencies, etc. ( 1:06:02 )General information and considerations about reverse mortgages ( 1:12:10 ) Links in this episode: Mark's firm - Dunes FinancialMark's previous appearance on the show - Episode #146Retirement Income Style Awareness ("RISA") assessment - herePortfolio Visualizer - here To send Andy questions to be addressed on future Q&A episodes, email [email protected] My company newsletter - Retirement Planning InsightsFacebook group - Retirement Planning Education (formerly Taxes in Retirement)YouTube channel - Retirement Planning Education (formerly Retirement Planning Demystified)Retirement Planning Education website - www.RetirementPlanningEducation.com

Andy summarizes the recent 2025 annual Social Security trustees report, including what it would actually mean if the system's trust fund were to deplete, and what changes can be made to ensure that doesn't happen Links in this episode: The full 2025 Social Security trustees report - here My company's August 1 2025 newsletter summarizing the 2025 Social Security trustees report - hereThe newsletter contains the links I mentioned to the various other newsletters, podcasts and YouTube video's I've done on the topic of Social Security Tenon Financial monthly e-newsletter - Retirement Planning InsightsFacebook group - Retirement Planning Education (formerly Taxes in Retirement)YouTube channel - Retirement Planning Education (formerly Retirement Planning Demystified)Retirement Planning Education website - www.RetirementPlanningEducation.com  To send Andy questions to be addressed on future Q&A episodes, email [email protected]

In this special guest host episode, Larry Pershing from Optimum Retirement Planning talks about how to reduce and manage concentrated holdings in your investment portfolio. Particular emphasis is given to the tax implications and tax management of trying to reduce highly appreciated positions in normal brokerage accounts Links in this episode: Optimum Retirement Planning's website - https://www.optimumretirementplanning.com/ Tenon Financial monthly e-newsletter - Retirement Planning InsightsFacebook group - Retirement Planning Education (formerly Taxes in Retirement)YouTube channel - Retirement Planning Education (formerly Retirement Planning Demystified)Retirement Planning Education website - www.RetirementPlanningEducation.com  To send Andy questions to be addressed on future Q&A episodes, email [email protected]

Listener Q&A where Andy talks about:  Why you know the return you'll ultimately realize if you hold a bond to maturity, but can't know the return you'll eventually realize if you instead hold a bond fund ( 7:13 )A commonsense intuitive answer why bond prices decrease (increase) when interest rates increase (decrease) ( 9:56 )His thoughts on holding only fixed maturity instruments such as CDs, bullet ETFs, individual bonds and MYGAs for a fixed income allocation instead of traditional open-end bond funds ( 13:56 )How to distribute money from a 401(k) when you can't pick which particular investments to sell within it ( 22:44 )Will U.S. income tax rates eventually increase, and by how much ( 31:23 )How to make an investment policy statement ( 43:41 )What distribution plans and strategies typically look like for his clients ( 51:23 ) Links in this episode: Morningstar article - How to Create an Investment Policy Statement To send Andy questions to be addressed on future Q&A episodes, email [email protected] My company newsletter - Retirement Planning InsightsFacebook group - Retirement Planning Education (formerly Taxes in Retirement)YouTube channel - Retirement Planning Education (formerly Retirement Planning Demystified)Retirement Planning Education website - www.RetirementPlanningEducation.com

Andy chats with a real person (not an advisor) doing their own retirement planning. In this episode, Andy talks with Jan. They talk about a wide array of retirement planning topics such as leaving the workforce early due to family caregiving needs, how health changes have impacted retirement, how to distribute money from an IRA particularly when looking to do Qualified Charitable Distributions, and more!    Links in this episode: Tenon Financial monthly e-newsletter - Retirement Planning InsightsFacebook group - Retirement Planning Education (formerly Taxes in Retirement)YouTube channel - Retirement Planning Education (formerly Retirement Planning Demystified)Retirement Planning Education website - www.RetirementPlanningEducation.com  To send Andy questions to be addressed on future Q&A episodes, email [email protected]

Andy and Lauren Hunt from Daybreak Wealth share their thoughts on a handful of current events and "hot topics" relating to retirement planning. Specifically, they talk about:  Their thoughts on the takeaways from 2025 annual Social Security Trustees report ( 7:17 )Some of provisions in the pending One Big Beautiful Bill Act that are likely to impact most people's tax returns ( 16:12 )Whether or not to get a loan or pay cash for a new car or house. Or, similarly, to pay down or pay off an existing loan ( 32:27 )Whether buying a 30 year Treasury bond is a replacement for a traditional income annuity in retirement ( 38:19 )When to consider getting a living/revocable trust ( 46:43 )Why the stock market keeps chugging ever-upward, even with so much seemingly uncertain in the world and the economy ( 54:38 )What longevity assumptions we use, and why, when doing financial planning and projections for client ( 1:07:45 ) Links in this episode: Lauren's firm - Daybreak WealthLauren's prior appearance on the Retirement Planning Education podcast - Episode #098The 2025 Annual Social Security Trustees Report - here To send Andy questions to be addressed on future Q&A episodes, email [email protected] My company newsletter - Retirement Planning InsightsFacebook group - Retirement Planning Education (formerly Taxes in Retirement)YouTube channel - Retirement Planning Education (formerly Retirement Planning Demystified)Retirement Planning Education website - www.RetirementPlanningEducation.com

In the SPECIAL EDITION episode, Andy summarizes the key provision of the recently signed into law One Big Beautiful Act that are most likely to impact you and your tax return. The topics summarized are: Permanency of the current federal tax ratesPermanency, and a slight increase, to the current standard deduction amountsA new temporary personal exemption up to $6,000 per person 65 or olderPermanency, and a slight increase, to the lifetime gift and estate size exemptionPermanency of the current Alternative Minimum Tax exclusion amount, but reduction/reversion of its income phase out levelsPermanency of the $750,000 limit on residential mortgage principal against which interest can be deductedPermanency of the elimination of miscellaneous itemized deductionsTemporary increase to $40,000 for State and Local Tax ("SALT") deductionsA new permanent charitable deduction for people who use the standard deductionA new minimum AGI-based floor on charitable donations before donations can be itemized deductionsA temporary exclusion from income tax of up to $25,000 tip incomeA temporary exclusion from income tax of up to $25,000 of overtime incomeA temporary deduction of up to $10,000 of interest loans to buy cars whose final assembly was in the U.S.Recissions of multiple "Green New Deal" tax credits such as electric vehicle credits and residential clean energy creditsCreation of new "Trump" savings accounts for children under 18And the bill having NO changes with regards to how Social Security is taxed (i.e. the bill did NOT make Social Security not taxable) Links in this episode: Final text of the One Big Beautiful Bill Act - hereMy written summary of the key individual income tax provisions of the One Big Beautiful Bill - here To send Andy questions to be addressed on future Q&A episodes, email [email protected] My company newsletter - Retirement Planning InsightsFacebook group - Retirement Planning Education (formerly Taxes in Retirement)YouTube channel - Retirement Planning Education (formerly Retirement Planning Demystified)Retirement Planning Education website - www.RetirementPlanningEducation.com

Andy discusses the main ways in which investment custodians like Scwhab, Vanguard and Fidelity make money (even when you often don't outright directly pay them anything...) Links in this episode: Tenon Financial monthly e-newsletter - Retirement Planning InsightsFacebook group - Retirement Planning Education (formerly Taxes in Retirement)YouTube channel - Retirement Planning Education (formerly Retirement Planning Demystified)Retirement Planning Education website - www.RetirementPlanningEducation.com  To send Andy questions to be addressed on future Q&A episodes, email [email protected]

Listener Q&A where Andy talks about:  A short explanation of bonds and "the bond market" ( 2:48 )Are actively managed bond funds better than passive bond funds ( 21:53 )What are the pros and cons of making all of the year's estimated tax payments in the first quarter ( 30:30 )Why insurers don't offer a long term care product with a 2-3 years elimination period or deductible to cover just LTC needs beyond a few years ( 34:07 )His thoughts on getting retirement income from dividends, Treasury interest and municipal bond interest ( 37:20 )Are there any advisors who specialize in working with couples where only one couple is involved in the household finances ( 42:47 )Are there any disadvantages to converting ALL pre-tax account balances to Roth ( 46:20 )Is disability income considered "earned income" and eligible to make IRA or Roth IRA contributions ( 55:30 ) To send Andy questions to be addressed on future Q&A episodes, email [email protected] My company newsletter - Retirement Planning InsightsFacebook group - Retirement Planning Education (formerly Taxes in Retirement)YouTube channel - Retirement Planning Education (formerly Retirement Planning Demystified)Retirement Planning Education website - www.RetirementPlanningEducation.com

Andy chats with three different "real" people to discuss how they handled the non-financial/emotional transition from working to retirement, and what they do now to provide a sense of fulfillment, meaning and purpose and in retirement Links in this episode: Tenon Financial monthly e-newsletter - Retirement Planning InsightsFacebook group - Retirement Planning Education (formerly Taxes in Retirement)YouTube channel - Retirement Planning Education (formerly Retirement Planning Demystified)Retirement Planning Education website - www.RetirementPlanningEducation.com  To send Andy questions to be addressed on future Q&A episodes, email [email protected]

Andy and Larry Pershing from Optimum Retirement Planning share their thoughts on a handful of current events and "hot topics" relating to retirement planning. Specifically, they talk about:  The pending "Big Beautiful Bill" tax bill that recently was approved by the House; what's in it, what's not in it, practical planning considerations around it, etc. ( 8:12 )Potential concerns about US debt US government bond defaults ( 34:50 )Talking to kids and heirs about your estate planning and wishes for after you're gone ( 50:02 )Estimated tax payments for people who recently retire ( 59:40 )Sources and tools to consider using to do tax return and estimated tax estimates ( 1:02:27 )The level of the S&P 500's concentration to the top few companies and the technology sector ( 1:06:04 )Whether 1.75% of assets is a reasonable fee for a financial advisor to charge ( 1:19:07 )What to know and consider when keeping money behind in a 401(k) vs rolling it over to an IRA ( 1:26:01 ) Links in this episode: Larry's firm - Optimum Retirement PlanningLarry's previous appearance on the Retirement Planning Education Podcast - #081 – Retirement planner chat, with Larry Pershing from Optimum Retirement PlanningTax Foundation's summary of the Big Beautiful BillStephanie Kelton's book - The Deficit MythThe DinkyTown 1040 estimatorThe IRS Tax Withholding EstimatorTenon Financial's August 2024 newsletter about - Employer plan-to-IRA rollover pros and cons To send Andy questions to be addressed on future Q&A episodes, email [email protected] My company newsletter - Retirement Planning InsightsFacebook group - Retirement Planning Education (formerly Taxes in Retirement)YouTube channel - Retirement Planning Education (formerly Retirement Planning Demystified)Retirement Planning Education website - www.RetirementPlanningEducation.com

Andy discusses what financial firms do for their fee, using his own firm, Tenon Financial, as an example Links in this episode: Tenon Financial's website - https://tenonfinancial.com/Tenon Financial's June 2025 newsletter - hereAndy's article explaining how it's impossible to quantify the value of advisory services in - How Much Are Your Services Worth? Tenon Financial monthly e-newsletter - Retirement Planning InsightsFacebook group - Retirement Planning Education (formerly Taxes in Retirement)YouTube channel - Retirement Planning Education (formerly Retirement Planning Demystified)Retirement Planning Education website - www.RetirementPlanningEducation.com  To send Andy questions to be addressed on future Q&A episodes, email [email protected]

In this special guest host episode, Mike Powers and Kirsten Ashbaugh from Manuka Financial talk cybersecurity best practices. Links in this episode: Manuka Financial's website - https://www.manukafinancial.com/ Tenon Financial monthly e-newsletter - Retirement Planning InsightsFacebook group - Retirement Planning Education (formerly Taxes in Retirement)YouTube channel - Retirement Planning Education (formerly Retirement Planning Demystified)Retirement Planning Education website - www.RetirementPlanningEducation.com  To send Andy questions to be addressed on future Q&A episodes, email [email protected]

Listener Q&A where Andy talks about:  Why more fund managers don't offer mutual fund-to-ETF conversions ( 5:02 )How my firm helps clients prepare for severe market declines, and how we communicate bad markets to them ( 8:48 )Who's the voice of the intro and outro to this podcast ( 16:06 )For spouses claiming Social Security, what's a good claiming strategy when one spouse doesn't have enough work history to get their own benefit and can only get spousal benefits ( 17:19 )Could a person continue to fund a 529 for their children and later transfer the beneficiary to eventual grandchildren ( 21:37 )What constitutes a gift of digital assets; is it the transfer of the key to the wallet? ( 24:01 )What date/time is used for the date of death valuation of assets, like crypto, that trade 24/7 ( 25:52 )How will the sale of a vacation property impact IRMAA ( 26:55 )How will the sale of a vacation property impact Roth conversion analysis and trying to fill up a certain tax bracket ( 28:46 )Why were the recent 3 and 5-year returns of total bond market funds so poor ( 32:48 )Making estimated payments or withholdings to cover the tax obligations from a Roth conversion done late in the year ( 41:39 )Thoughts on a listener's proposed basic retirement plan, investment allocation and bucketing strategy ( 47:20 ) The Smart Money, Fresh Minds podcast - hereMy YouTube video on Estimated Taxes, Tax Withholdings and Underpayment Penalties - here To send Andy questions to be addressed on future Q&A episodes, email [email protected] My company newsletter - Retirement Planning InsightsFacebook group - Retirement Planning Education (formerly Taxes in Retirement)YouTube channel - Retirement Planning Education (formerly Retirement Planning Demystified)Retirement Planning Education website - www.RetirementPlanningEducation.com

Andy chats with real people (not advisors) doing their own retirement planning. In this episode, Andy talks with Rob Berger, the creator of the Rob Berger YouTube channel, the founder of the former DoughRoller website, published author and more!. They talk about a wide array of retirement planning topics such as when he started getting serious about retirement planning and a variety of financial topics such as Social Security, investing, how he plans to address any potential long term care scenarios and more! Links in this episode: Rob's YouTube channel - https://www.youtube.com/@rob_bergerRob's website - https://robberger.com/ Tenon Financial monthly e-newsletter - Retirement Planning InsightsFacebook group - Retirement Planning Education (formerly Taxes in Retirement)YouTube channel - Retirement Planning Education (formerly Retirement Planning Demystified)Retirement Planning Education website - www.RetirementPlanningEducation.com  To send Andy questions to be addressed on future Q&A episodes, email [email protected]

Andy and Brian Tegtmeyer share their thoughts on a handful of current events and "hot topics" relating to retirement planning. Specifically, they talk about:  Should someone delay their planned retirement if the markets are bad ( 6:50 )Should someone cancel or delay taking a big trip in retirement if the markets are bad ( 13:48 )Should someone start Social Security earlier than they were otherwise planning to since there appears to be increased uncertainty about the future strength of the system ( 18:22 )Do people need to make estimated tax payments in retirement ( 26:44 )If someone has never worked with an advisor and has always DIY'd their own planning, should they continue to DIY it in retirement ( 32:49 )Are inheritances taxable, and what should people do with them ( 41:58 )Tax smart ways to do charitable giving in retirement ( 54:01 )Do gift givers or receivers of gifts have to pay tax on gifts ( 57:49 ) Links in this episode: Brian's firm - Truly Prosper Financial PlanningSara Grillo's list of flat fee advisors - hereAdvisors in the Advice Only Network - here To send Andy questions to be addressed on future Q&A episodes, email [email protected] My company newsletter - Retirement Planning InsightsFacebook group - Retirement Planning Education (formerly Taxes in Retirement)YouTube channel - Retirement Planning Education (formerly Retirement Planning Demystified)Retirement Planning Education website - www.RetirementPlanningEducation.com

Andy provides some tips and best practices to help keep your ID and financial information secure. Specifically: Check your credit report regularlyFreeze your creditGet a tax return filing PIN from the IRSUse strong and unique passwords for all websites and online accountsUse a password managerUse two-factor (if not multi-factor) authentication wherever possibleUse a VPN (Virtual Private Network) whenever on public Wi-FiUse separate e-mails for different types of accountsPut a "Self-Lock" on your SSN within the E-Verify systemLock your SIM card with your cellular providerBe cognizant of phishing and vishing scamsBe mindful of protection physical information and items Links in this episode: Transunion credit freeze - hereExperian credit freeze - hereEquifax credit freeze - herewww.MyFICO.comwww.CheckFreeScore.comIRS PIN info - hereE-Verify Self-Lock info - hereFTC article about how to spot phishing - hereAARP article about how to spot vishing - here To send Andy questions to be addressed on future Q&A episodes, email [email protected] Tenon Financial monthly e-newsletter - Retirement Planning InsightsFacebook group - Retirement Planning Education (formerly Taxes in Retirement)YouTube channel - Retirement Planning Education (formerly Retirement Planning Demystified)Retirement Planning Education website - www.RetirementPlanningEducation.com

Listener Q&A where Andy talks about:  Buffer ETFs and whether they can be used as replacements for CDs in building a ladder for upcoming years' expenses ( 4:29 )His thoughts on direct indexing and whether it's worth doing to try to make non-qualified accounts for tax-efficient ( 14:11 )Whether or not it's practical to implement a bucketing strategy ( 23:38 )Considerations to put into a will when there is a beneficiary who may be contentious or difficult to deal with ( 34:18 )Estate size exemptions and considerations for spouses splitting up accounts ( 42:55 )Annualizing income on Form 2210 when making estimated payments and income earned or recognized is lumpy or uneven throughout the year ( 48:37 )The "Kiddie Tax" and when it applies ( 54:27 ) To send Andy questions to be addressed on future Q&A episodes, email [email protected] My company newsletter - Retirement Planning InsightsFacebook group - Retirement Planning Education (formerly Taxes in Retirement)YouTube channel - Retirement Planning Education (formerly Retirement Planning Demystified)Retirement Planning Education website - www.RetirementPlanningEducation.com

In this special edition "real" person chat, Andy talks with four different people who went through "gray" divorce (i.e. divorcing later in life; typically over the age of 50), to learn what they wish they would have known or done differently as they were going through the divorce process.    Tenon Financial monthly e-newsletter - Retirement Planning InsightsFacebook group - Retirement Planning Education (formerly Taxes in Retirement)YouTube channel - Retirement Planning Education (formerly Retirement Planning Demystified)Retirement Planning Education website - www.RetirementPlanningEducation.com  To send Andy questions to be addressed on future Q&A episodes, email [email protected]

Andy chats with fellow retirement planner Mark Rosinski, CFP®, CPA from Dunes Financial. In this episode they talk about a wide array of retirement planning topics such as tax planning, distribution strategies, investing, annuities, long-term care insurance, how to know when people have enough to retire, what consumers often overlook in retirement planning and much more! Links in this episode: Mark's advisory company website - Dunes Financial https://www.kitces.com/Wade Pfau - Retirement Planning Guidebook: https://www.amazon.com/Retirement-Planning-Guidebook-Navigating-Important/dp/194564009XRetirement & IRA Show: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-retirement-and-ira-show/id656868743All-In Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/all-in-with-chamath-jason-sacks-friedberg/id1502871393The Drive Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-peter-attia-drive/id1400828889The Retirement Nerds: https://www.youtube.com/@TheretirementnerdsCar Dealership Guy: https://x.com/GuyDealershipColin Stroud: https://www.linkedin.com/in/gosomewhere/His points service website: https://www.gosomewhere.world/Ramit Sethi MoneyDials: https://www.iwillteachyoutoberich.com/money-dials/ To send Andy questions to be addressed on future Q&A episodes, email [email protected] Tenon Financial monthly e-newsletter - Retirement Planning InsightsFacebook group - Retirement Planning Education (formerly Taxes in Retirement)YouTube channel - Retirement Planning Education (formerly Retirement Planning Demystified)Retirement Planning Education website - www.RetirementPlanningEducation.com

Andy discusses the ins and outs of mutual fund capital gain distributions, particularly in normal taxable brokerage accounts. Links in this episode: Tenon Financial monthly e-newsletter - Retirement Planning Insights To send Andy questions to be addressed on future Q&A episodes, email [email protected] Facebook group - Retirement Planning Education (formerly Taxes in Retirement)YouTube channel - Retirement Planning Education (formerly Retirement Planning Demystified)Retirement Planning Education website - www.RetirementPlanningEducation.com

Listener Q&A where Andy talks about:  Whether the rule of thumb saying in retirement you'll need about 80% of what you were making in wages is on a gross or net of taxes basis ( 6:49 )Understanding why some dividends are "qualified" and some are not, why they're taxed differently, and why dividends from bond funds aren't qualified ( 14:15 )Whether the decision to start Social Security sooner vs later would change if Social Security were to no longer be federally taxable ( 22:09 )Whether spouses can combine their 401(k) balances ( 27:03 )What a Form 5498 is, and if you need it to do your tax return, considering it often isn't available until after April 15th ( 30:27 )If you can still make a 2024 Roth IRA or traditional IRA contribution in early-2025 ( 31:40 )Whether you can make a contribution to a Roth IRA via transferring shares "in-kind" from a brokerage account ( 37:23 ) To send Andy questions to be addressed on future Q&A episodes, email [email protected] My company newsletter - Retirement Planning InsightsFacebook group - Retirement Planning Education (formerly Taxes in Retirement)YouTube channel - Retirement Planning Education (formerly Retirement Planning Demystified)Retirement Planning Education website - www.RetirementPlanningEducation.com

Andy chats with a real person (not an advisor) doing their own retirement planning. In this episode, Andy talks with Jim Jones. They talk about a wide array of retirement planning topics such as transitioning from owning a dental practice into retirement, investing, Social Security, when they got serious about retirement planning, and more!    Links in this episode: Jim's podcast - The JimJam Tenon Financial monthly e-newsletter - Retirement Planning InsightsFacebook group - Retirement Planning Education (formerly Taxes in Retirement)YouTube channel - Retirement Planning Education (formerly Retirement Planning Demystified)Retirement Planning Education website - www.RetirementPlanningEducation.com  To send Andy questions to be addressed on future Q&A episodes, email [email protected]

Andy and Mike Powers share their thoughts on a handful of current events and "hot topics" relating to retirement planning. Specifically, they talk about:  Tariffs: what they are, who pays them, do they cause inflation, etc. ( 9:42 )Pros and cons of Treasury Inflation Protected Securities, or TIPS  ( 21:32 )Whether or not to hold international stocks ( 37:07 )Considerations about whether to de-risk your portfolio and hold more cash a as result of expecting market uncertainty going forward ( 48:21 )Options for where to hold cash ( 54:33 )Observations and things to consider regarding doing your tax return ( 1:03:20 )Data and cyber security considerations ( 1:13:54 ) Links in this episode: Mike's article about TIPS - hereMike's article on how to freeze your credit - hereMike's article on properly reporting US government obligation interest on your tax return - hereVanguard's forward-looking forecasts - hereCalifornia's one-time tax return penalty abatement - here To send Andy questions to be addressed on future Q&A episodes, email [email protected] My company newsletter - Retirement Planning InsightsFacebook group - Retirement Planning Education (formerly Taxes in Retirement)YouTube channel - Retirement Planning Education (formerly Retirement Planning Demystified)Retirement Planning Education website - www.RetirementPlanningEducation.com

Andy discussed how to determine how much Roth conversion to do in a particular year (assuming you've decided Roth conversions make sense for you). He walks through how to do a current year income & tax projection, and what tax "targets" or "goals" are commonly used in determining how much conversion to do. Links in this episode: DinkyTown 1040 online tax return projection tool - hereTenon Financial monthly e-newsletter - Retirement Planning Insights To send Andy questions to be addressed on future Q&A episodes, email [email protected] Facebook group - Retirement Planning Education (formerly Taxes in Retirement)YouTube channel - Retirement Planning Education (formerly Retirement Planning Demystified)Retirement Planning Education website - www.RetirementPlanningEducation.com

Listener Q&A where Andy talks about:  Can Donor Advised Funds ("DAFs") be funded with pre-tax IRA money ( 2:22 )How to do a backdoor Roth IRA contribution and avoid the pro rata rule if you have pre-tax funds in other IRAs  ( 5:46 )What are the must have important things to address and get right in retirement planning, vs what are nice to have optimization things ( 10:51 )How come most flat fee advisors don't work with clients with net worth in excess of $10 million ( 19:50 )How to invest excess money in taxable brokerage accounts ( 26:21 )Can funds or investments in taxable brokerage accounts be exchanged in-kind with others to avoid consequences ( 30:07 )Why is the 10-year Treasury bond used as a benchmark for many fixed income products, and why do bond prices change when interest rates change ( 32:49 )How to know if you're over-saving ( 38:27 )Thoughts about timing in when you take distributions vs doing Qualified Charitable Distributions ("QCDs") to satisfy Required Minimum Distributions ("RMDs") ( 41:51 )My thoughts on crypto assets ( 46:29 ) To find an "advice only" advisor - www.AdviceOnlyNetwork.com To send Andy questions to be addressed on future Q&A episodes, email [email protected] My company newsletter - Retirement Planning InsightsFacebook group - Retirement Planning Education (formerly Taxes in Retirement)YouTube channel - Retirement Planning Education (formerly Retirement Planning Demystified)Retirement Planning Education website - www.RetirementPlanningEducation.com

Andy chats with a real person (not an advisor) doing their own retirement planning. In this episode, Andy talks with John McLaurin. They talk about a wide array of retirement planning topics such as planning for special needs and the "generational" planning involved, investing, Social Security, when they got serious about retirement planning, and more!    Links in this episode: The book John mentioned - The Special Needs Planning Guide: How to Prepare for Every Stage of Your Child's Life Tenon Financial monthly e-newsletter - Retirement Planning InsightsFacebook group - Retirement Planning Education (formerly Taxes in Retirement)YouTube channel - Retirement Planning Education (formerly Retirement Planning Demystified)Retirement Planning Education website - www.RetirementPlanningEducation.com  To send Andy questions to be addressed on future Q&A episodes, email [email protected]

Andy chats with fellow retirement planner Liz Yoder, CFP®, ChSNC® from Dependent Financial Planning. In this episode they talk about a wide array of retirement planning topics with a particular emphasis on special needs planning and the unique considerations and areas to consider when you or your child has or is likely to have a disability Links in this episode: Liz's advisory company website - Dependent Financial PlanningLiz's LinkedIn profile - Elizabeth (Wolleben) Yoder To send Andy questions to be addressed on future Q&A episodes, email [email protected] Tenon Financial monthly e-newsletter - Retirement Planning InsightsFacebook group - Retirement Planning Education (formerly Taxes in Retirement)YouTube channel - Retirement Planning Education (formerly Retirement Planning Demystified)Retirement Planning Education website - www.RetirementPlanningEducation.com

Andy discussed seven common scenarios where it might be beneficial to do Roth conversions: You know your income now is much lower than it will be in the futureYou're married (and may eventually be single)You have large pre-tax accountsYour eventual heirs are likely to be in higher tax situations than you currently areYour plan on moving to a state that will have higher income taxes than your current stateYou're convinced tax rates will increase markedly in the futureYou want greater tax "diversity" amongst your investable accounts Links in this episode: Tenon Financial newsletter summarizing the 7 potential Roth conversion scenarios - here Tenon Financial monthly e-newsletter - Retirement Planning InsightsFacebook group - Retirement Planning Education (formerly Taxes in Retirement)YouTube channel - Retirement Planning Education (formerly Retirement Planning Demystified)Retirement Planning Education website - www.RetirementPlanningEducation.com To send Andy questions to be addressed on future Q&A episodes, email [email protected]

Special guest host, Mike Powers, CPA, PFS, CFP®, from Manuka Financial sits behind the microphone to walk through his 22-point retirement planning checklist, which includes financial, insurance and lifestyle considerations.    Links in this episode: Mike's blog post about the retirement planning checklist - hereGeorge Kinder's life planning three questions - hereMike's company's website - Manuka Financial Tenon Financial monthly e-newsletter - Retirement Planning InsightsFacebook group - Retirement Planning Education (formerly Taxes in Retirement)YouTube channel - Retirement Planning Education (formerly Retirement Planning Demystified)Retirement Planning Education website - www.RetirementPlanningEducation.com To send Andy questions to be addressed on future Q&A episodes, email [email protected]

Listener Q&A where Andy talks about:  What it means between an advisor who calls themself a financial planner vs wealth manager vs any other label they choose to use ( 10:24 )My thoughts on the recently repealed Windfall Elimination Provision ("WEP") and Government Pension Offset ("GPO") parts of Social Security ( 20:35 )A follow up to a previously discussed Q&A topic about how much umbrella insurance to purchase ( 31:18 )How income is taxed to a recently deceased person vs their heirs or their estate ( 37:08 )How best to gift money to grandchildren to get them started with saving and investing ( 42:10 )Understanding a bond or bond fund's "duration" and how to use it measure the bond or bond fund's interest rate price change risk. And what it means to have a recommended "holding period" for a bond fund ( 46:45 ) To send Andy questions to be addressed on future Q&A episodes, email [email protected] My company newsletter - Retirement Planning InsightsFacebook group - Retirement Planning Education (formerly Taxes in Retirement)YouTube channel - Retirement Planning Education (formerly Retirement Planning Demystified)Retirement Planning Education website - www.RetirementPlanningEducation.com

Andy chats with a real person (not an advisor) doing their own retirement planning. In this episode, Andy talks with Brian Alexander. They talk about a wide array of retirement planning topics such as investing, Social Security, when they got serious about retirement planning, funding potential long term care needs and more!    Links in this episode: Tenon Financial monthly e-newsletter - Retirement Planning InsightsFacebook group - Retirement Planning Education (formerly Taxes in Retirement)YouTube channel - Retirement Planning Education (formerly Retirement Planning Demystified)Retirement Planning Education website - www.RetirementPlanningEducation.com  To send Andy questions to be addressed on future Q&A episodes, email [email protected]

Andy chats with fellow retirement planner Eric Niergarth, CFP®, RICP® from Retirement Roadmap Financial Planning. In this episode they talk about a wide array of retirement planning topics such as tax planning, distribution strategies, investing, annuities, long-term care insurance, how to know when people have enough to retire, what consumers often overlook in retirement planning and much more! Links in this episode: Eric's advisory company website - Retirement Roadmap Financial Planning To send Andy questions to be addressed on future Q&A episodes, email [email protected] Tenon Financial monthly e-newsletter - Retirement Planning InsightsFacebook group - Retirement Planning Education (formerly Taxes in Retirement)YouTube channel - Retirement Planning Education (formerly Retirement Planning Demystified)Retirement Planning Education website - www.RetirementPlanningEducation.com

Andy explains how there is definitely value in good financial advisory services, but how it's impossible to quantify that value and is often disingenuous for advisors to claim they can, or for studies to try to put a number on it Links in this episode: Vanguard's research paper - Putting a value on your value: Quantifying Vanguard Advisor's AlphaMy article - How Much are Your Services Worth?My article - Advisors Fees are Broken Tenon Financial monthly e-newsletter - Retirement Planning InsightsFacebook group - Retirement Planning Education (formerly Taxes in Retirement)YouTube channel - Retirement Planning Education (formerly Retirement Planning Demystified)Retirement Planning Education website - www.RetirementPlanningEducation.com To send Andy questions to be addressed on future Q&A episodes, email [email protected]

Listener Q&A where Andy talks about:  What's the difference between index mutual funds and index ETFs, and why choose one over the other ( 6:32 )Is a three-fund index fund portfolio reasonable for someone in the decumulation phase of life ( 17:04 )What's the difference between a "rollover" and "traditional" IRA ( 20:54 )How much of your net worth should you cover with umbrella insurance ( 24:32 )What should someone do about a pre-tax employer plan they don't really need if they're only in their 60s and still a few years away from Required Minimum Distributions ( 33:17 )What to consider when deciding whether to roll an old employer 403(b) into a new employer's 403(b) or to an IRA ( 36:30 )What tax prep courses are there for individuals to learn about doing their own taxes ( 39:13 )Discussion of "bullet" maturity bond funds/ETFs ( 42:30 ) To send Andy questions to be addressed on future Q&A episodes, email [email protected] My company newsletter - Retirement Planning InsightsFacebook group - Retirement Planning Education (formerly Taxes in Retirement)YouTube channel - Retirement Planning Education (formerly Retirement Planning Demystified)Retirement Planning Education website - www.RetirementPlanningEducation.com

Andy chats with a real person (not an advisor) doing their own retirement planning. In this episode, Andy talks with Peter Townsend. They talk about a wide array of retirement planning topics such as becoming self-educated in the details of retirement planning AFTER already retiring, Social Security, funding potential long term care needs and more!    Links in this episode: Tenon Financial monthly e-newsletter - Retirement Planning InsightsFacebook group - Retirement Planning Education (formerly Taxes in Retirement)YouTube channel - Retirement Planning Education (formerly Retirement Planning Demystified)Retirement Planning Education website - www.RetirementPlanningEducation.com  To send Andy questions to be addressed on future Q&A episodes, email [email protected]

Andy chats with fellow retirement planner Andrew Gray, CFP® from Gray Wealth Strategies. In this episode they talk about a wide array of retirement planning topics such as tax planning, distribution strategies, investing, annuities, long-term care insurance, how to know when people have enough to retire, what consumers often overlook in retirement planning and much more! Links in this episode: Andrew's advisory company website - Gray Wealth Strategies To send Andy questions to be addressed on future Q&A episodes, email [email protected] Tenon Financial monthly e-newsletter - Retirement Planning InsightsFacebook group - Retirement Planning Education (formerly Taxes in Retirement)YouTube channel - Retirement Planning Education (formerly Retirement Planning Demystified)Retirement Planning Education website - www.RetirementPlanningEducation.com

Andy discusses the things to take into consideration when trying to decide whether to own or rent a home in retirement Tenon Financial monthly e-newsletter - Retirement Planning InsightsFacebook group - Retirement Planning Education (formerly Taxes in Retirement)YouTube channel - Retirement Planning Education (formerly Retirement Planning Demystified)Retirement Planning Education website - www.RetirementPlanningEducation.com To send Andy questions to be addressed on future Q&A episodes, email [email protected]

Listener Q&A where Andy talks about:  What to do about the concentration of the top few names in the S&P 500 ( 5:10 )What is direct indexing, when could it make sense and how to manage wash sales when direct indexing ( 13:21 )Whether you need to have taxes withheld from annuities or any other sources of income ( 30:39 )When it might make sense to buy an annuity for only a few years, such as five or 10 years ( 34:34 )If your only income is Social Security and IRA withdrawals, what level of IRA withdrawal will lead to income high enough that you will need to start paying income-based surcharges on Medicare ( 37:47 )How to transfer investment accounts from one broker/custodian to another ( 43:02 ) To send Andy questions to be addressed on future Q&A episodes, email [email protected] Links in this episode: The DinkyTown 1040 tax return calculator - here My company newsletter - Retirement Planning InsightsFacebook group - Retirement Planning Education (formerly Taxes in Retirement)YouTube channel - Retirement Planning Education (formerly Retirement Planning Demystified)Retirement Planning Education website - www.RetirementPlanningEducation.com

Andy chats with a real person (not an advisor) doing their own retirement planning. In this episode, Andy talks with Jane (anonymous name). They talk about a wide array of retirement planning topics such as dealing with the unexpected death of a spouse, self-educating on retirement and tax planning, doing a really large Roth conversion, Social Security survivor benefits, healthcare options in retirement and more! Links in this episode: The book Die With Zero - hereThe book The Psychology of Money - hereThe Bogleheads forum - here Tenon Financial monthly e-newsletter - Retirement Planning InsightsFacebook group - Retirement Planning Education (formerly Taxes in Retirement)YouTube channel - Retirement Planning Education (formerly Retirement Planning Demystified)Retirement Planning Education website - www.RetirementPlanningEducation.comTo send Andy questions to be addressed on future Q&A episodes, email [email protected]

Andy chats with fellow retirement planner Jamie Lima, CFP®, CDFA from Woodson Wealth Management and Allegiant Divorce Solutions. In this episode they talk about a wide array of retirement planning topics such as tax planning, distribution strategies, investing, annuities, long-term care insurance, how to know when people have enough to retire, what consumers often overlook in retirement planning and much more! Also, Jamie interjects his experience and knowledge around divorce-related matters in the retirement and financial planning processes. Links in this episode: Jamie's advisory company website - Woodson Wealth ManagementJamie's divorce planning company website - Allegiant Divorce SolutionJamie's podcast - Broke Up, Not Broke(n)FINRA's BrokerCheck - here To send Andy questions to be addressed on future Q&A episodes, email [email protected] Tenon Financial monthly e-newsletter - Retirement Planning InsightsFacebook group - Retirement Planning Education (formerly Taxes in Retirement)YouTube channel - Retirement Planning Education (formerly Retirement Planning Demystified)Retirement Planning Education website - www.RetirementPlanningEducation.com

Andy talks about the basics of what to know regarding taxes and tax planning in retirement. Topics discussed include:  What sources of income are taxable vs non-taxableRequired Minimum Distributions ("RMDs") from both your own accounts and inherited accountsHow to pay taxes in retirement: withholdings vs making estimated paymentsGifting tax-efficientlyMaking charitable donations tax-efficientlyOverview of common long-term tax planning strategies:Delaying Social Security and distributing from pre-tax accounts in the interimRoth conversionsTax loss and tax gain harvestingAsset "location" of which investments to hold in which account types To send Andy questions to be addressed on future Q&A episodes, email [email protected] Links in this episode: The Rock Retirement Club - here My company newsletter - Retirement Planning InsightsFacebook group - Retirement Planning Education (formerly Taxes in Retirement)YouTube channel - Retirement Planning Education (formerly Retirement Planning Demystified)Retirement Planning Education website - www.RetirementPlanningEducation.com

Special edition episode in which Andy shares his views on whether the below 12 rules of thumb are accurate or not:  You should always contribute at least enough to your employer plan (like a 401(k)) to get the full employer matchYou shouldn't help your kids pay for college if it means shorting your own financial security in retirementYou need at least $X million (where $X can be whatever amount someone wants to say) of savings to retireIn retirement, expect to need 80% of whatever your pre-retirement income was each yearThe 4% "rule" is a good tool for determining how much of a portfolio someone can distribution each year in retirementYour target stock allocation percentage should be 100 minus your ageYou should pay off your mortgage before retiringThe rule of 72 is a good tool to tell how long it will take to double your investmentYou should have an emergency fund of cash equal to three to six months of expensesPermanent life insurance should be avoided; only use term life insuranceThe owner of a large investment advisory firm says, "I hate annuities and you should too"That same person also says of his firm, "we do better when you do better" To send Andy questions to be addressed on future Q&A episodes, email [email protected] Links in this episode: My podcast about the 4% "rule" - here My company newsletter - Retirement Planning InsightsFacebook group - Retirement Planning Education (formerly Taxes in Retirement)YouTube channel - Retirement Planning Education (formerly Retirement Planning Demystified)Retirement Planning Education website - www.RetirementPlanningEducation.com

Listener Q&A where Andy talks about:  How to keep track of Roth IRA contributions ( 6:45 )Considering getting employer-sponsored health insurance to supplement Medicare ( 12:15 )What to do with money from an RMD that you don't actually need ( 16:48 )Understanding the capital gain exclusion on selling your primary residence ( 19:58 )How to determine how much you can rent out a rental property for, and how to screen for tenants ( 23:42 )How to distribute from a portfolio that includes total bond market funds as its fixed income allocation ( 28:10 )Rolling over up to $35k of unused 529 funds into a Roth IRA ( 34:28 ) To send Andy questions to be addressed on future Q&A episodes, email [email protected] Links in this episode: The Boomer Benefits Facebook group - hereMy podcast about the primary residence sale capital gain exclusion - hereTransUnion SmartMove website - here My company newsletter - Retirement Planning InsightsFacebook group - Retirement Planning Education (formerly Taxes in Retirement)YouTube channel - Retirement Planning Education (formerly Retirement Planning Demystified)Retirement Planning Education website - www.RetirementPlanningEducation.com

Andy chats with a real person (not an advisor) doing their own retirement planning. In this episode, Andy talks with Doug Mann. They talk about a wide array of retirement planning topics such as retiring and living abroad in Thailand and the unique planning considerations involved with being abroad full-time Links in this episode: Doug's travel/photography website - www.photomann.comThe Rock Retirement Club - hereRetirePlan website - hereDoug's episode on Roger Whitney's Retirement Answer Man podcast - here Tenon Financial monthly e-newsletter - Retirement Planning InsightsFacebook group - Retirement Planning Education (formerly Taxes in Retirement)YouTube channel - Retirement Planning Education (formerly Retirement Planning Demystified)Retirement Planning Education website - www.RetirementPlanningEducation.comTo send Andy questions to be addressed on future Q&A episodes, email [email protected]

Andy chats with fellow retirement planner Erik Barnes, CFP® from Retirement Portfolio Partners. In this episode they talk about a wide array of retirement planning topics such as tax planning, distribution strategies, investing, annuities, long-term care insurance, how to know when people have enough to retire, what consumers often overlook in retirement planning and much more! Links in this episode: Erik's company website - Retirement Portfolio PartnersThe Rock Retirement Club - here To send Andy questions to be addressed on future Q&A episodes, email [email protected] Tenon Financial monthly e-newsletter - Retirement Planning InsightsFacebook group - Retirement Planning Education (formerly Taxes in Retirement)YouTube channel - Retirement Planning Education (formerly Retirement Planning Demystified)Retirement Planning Education website - www.RetirementPlanningEducation.com

Andy appeared as a guest/co-host on the September 23, 2024 episode of Rob Berger's YouTube live stream video series. In it, they discussed taxes and tax planning in retirement, as well as a host of other questions such as account rebalancing, Roth conversion analysis, and more! There was also plenty of live Q&A from Rob's loyal followers/watchers. For those who don't already know, Rob Berger has one of the best YouTube channels out there for straight-shooting, educational and informative content about retirement planning and investing. You can find a link to the channel and this specific episode below. Links in this episode: Rob's YouTube channel - hereMy YouTube episode with Rob - here Tenon Financial monthly e-newsletter - Retirement Planning InsightsFacebook group - Retirement Planning Education (formerly Taxes in Retirement)YouTube channel - Retirement Planning Education (formerly Retirement Planning Demystified)Retirement Planning Education website - www.RetirementPlanningEducation.com To send Andy questions to be addressed on future Q&A episodes, email [email protected]

Listener Q&A where Andy talks about:  Itemizing sales taxes on Schedule A of your tax return, particularly when living in two states during the year ( 6:30 )Considerations when deciding between taking a pension or its lump sum ( 11:51 )Should a recently widowed person take advantage of their last year of Married Filing Joint tax brackets and do a large Roth conversion or IRA distribution ( 25:03 )Understanding the pro rata rule when doing a Roth conversion when you have multiple IRAs and a 401(k) ( 31:40 )How the IRS knows if you didn't take Required Minimum Distributions ("RMDs") when you were supposed to ( 37:02 )How to ensure your Treasury interest received (including when received indirectly through a money market mutual fund) is properly reported as tax-free on your state tax return ( 41:36 ) To send Andy questions to be addressed on future Q&A episodes, email [email protected] Links in this episode: IRS sales tax deduction calculator - hereRob Berger's YouTube channel - here My company newsletter - Retirement Planning InsightsFacebook group - Retirement Planning Education (formerly Taxes in Retirement)YouTube channel - Retirement Planning Education (formerly Retirement Planning Demystified)Retirement Planning Education website - www.RetirementPlanningEducation.com

Andy chats with a real person (not an advisor) doing their own retirement planning. In this episode, Andy talks with Alison (last name not disclosed). They talk about a wide array of retirement planning topics such as the unique planning considerations of having a spouse who's nearly 10 years younger and how an unexpected major medical condition a few years ago resulted in her being on long term disability, presumably through when she starts Social Security. They also talk about about what she wishes she would have known earlier and a variety of financial topics such as Social Security, how they got a late start in getting serious about saving for retirement and more! Links in this episode: Tenon Financial monthly e-newsletter - Retirement Planning InsightsFacebook group - Retirement Planning Education (formerly Taxes in Retirement)YouTube channel - Retirement Planning Education (formerly Retirement Planning Demystified)Retirement Planning Education website - www.RetirementPlanningEducation.comTo send Andy questions to be addressed on future Q&A episodes, email [email protected]

Andy chats with fellow retirement planner Roger Whitney, CFP®, CIMA®, CPWA® from The Retirement Answer Man podcast. In this episode they talk about a wide array of retirement planning topics such as tax planning, investing, annuities, how to help advise people get over the hurdle of not wanting to spend their money, what consumers often overlook in retirement planning and much more! Links in this episode: Roger's website - The Retirement Answer ManBronnie Ware's book - The Top Five Regrets of the DyingRoger's workbook of info and questions about - Finding a Trusted AdvisorTo send Andy questions to be addressed on future Q&A episodes, email [email protected] Tenon Financial monthly e-newsletter - Retirement Planning InsightsFacebook group - Retirement Planning Education (formerly Taxes in Retirement)YouTube channel - Retirement Planning Education (formerly Retirement Planning Demystified)Retirement Planning Education website - www.RetirementPlanningEducation.com

Andy summarizes the tax-related concepts to know when giving to charities, and summarizes a few ways in which to make your charitable donations as tax-efficient for you as possible Links in this episode: IRS Publication 526 - hereMy YouTube video - How to Give to Charities Tax EfficientlyMy YouTube video - Overview of Federal Income Taxation Tenon Financial monthly e-newsletter - Retirement Planning InsightsFacebook group - Retirement Planning Education (formerly Taxes in Retirement)YouTube channel - Retirement Planning Education (formerly Retirement Planning Demystified)Retirement Planning Education website - www.RetirementPlanningEducation.comTo send Andy questions to be addressed on future Q&A episodes, email [email protected]

We're switching things up a bit! In this week's episode, guest host Mike Powers (from Manuka Financial; was a previous guest on the podcast) chats with the show's host, Andy Panko from Tenon Financial. In the episode, they talk about a wide array of retirement planning topics and Andy's view and approach toward them, such as tax planning, distribution strategies, investing, annuities, long-term care insurance, how to help advise people who are spending more than planned, what consumers often overlook in retirement planning and much more! Links in this episode: Andy' company's website - Tenon FinancialEd Slott's blog - The Slott ReportEd Slott's paid membership group for advisors - Elite IRA Advisor GroupMichael Kitces blog - hereJeff Levine's X (formerly Twitter) page - hereBob Keebler home page - hereNatalie Choate's book - Life & Death Planning for Retirement BenefitsInvestment News - www.InvestmentNews.comWall Street Journal - www.WSJ.comRoger Whitney's Podcast - The Retirement Answer ManJim Saulnier & Chris Stein's podcast - The Retirement & IRA ShowBenjamin Brandt's podcast - Retirement Starts Today RadioVictor Medina's podcast - Retirease RadioRob Berger's YouTube channel - here Mike's article about the questions to ask a prospective advisor - 9 Questions to Ask a Flat Fee (or any!) Financial Advisor as You Near Retirement My article about why it's disingenuous for advisors to pretend they can quantify their value in - How Much Are Your Services Worth? To send Andy questions to be addressed on future Q&A episodes, email [email protected] Tenon Financial monthly e-newsletter - Retirement Planning InsightsFacebook group - Retirement Planning Education (formerly Taxes in Retirement)YouTube channel - Retirement Planning Education (formerly Retirement Planning Demystified)Retirement Planning Education website - www.RetirementPlanningEducation.com

Listener Q&A where Andy talks about:  Can you retroactively increase your income for a prior tax year ( 2:37 )How to find a retirement planning tax specialist ( 8:16 )How the Medicare IRMAA premium surcharge income lookback works ( 17:24 )Determining how much mega back door Roth contributions to do ( 22:02 )Is it okay to employ your child part-time in your small business to give them earnings so you can contribute to a Roth IRA for them ( 28:07 )My thoughts on "bullet" maturity bond ETFs ( 31:30 )Whether reducing withdrawal rates or setting up a bucketing system eliminates Sequence of Returns Risk in retirement ( 43:27 ) To send Andy questions to be addressed on future Q&A episodes, email [email protected] Links in this episode: List of flat-free retirement planner referrals - hereLink to the Facebook group post about Sequence of Returns Risk - hereMy YouTube video on Sequence of Returns Risk - here My company newsletter - Retirement Planning InsightsFacebook group - Retirement Planning Education (formerly Taxes in Retirement)YouTube channel - Retirement Planning Education (formerly Retirement Planning Demystified)Retirement Planning Education website - www.RetirementPlanningEducation.com

Andy chats with a real person (not an advisor) doing their own retirement planning. In this episode, Andy talks with Jane (an anonymous name). They talk about a wide array of retirement planning topics such as when she started getting serious about retirement planning, what she wishes she would have known earlier, what she learned from seeing her parents go through a long term care event with her father, and a variety of financial topics such as Social Security, investing, how she and her husband plan to address their own potential long term care scenarios and more! Links in this episode: Tenon Financial monthly e-newsletter - Retirement Planning InsightsFacebook group - Retirement Planning Education (formerly Taxes in Retirement)YouTube channel - Retirement Planning Education (formerly Retirement Planning Demystified)Retirement Planning Education website - www.RetirementPlanningEducation.comTo send Andy questions to be addressed on future Q&A episodes, email [email protected]

Andy chats with fellow retirement planner Victor Medina, CFP®, RICP®, CELA® from Palante Wealth. In this episode they talk about a wide array of retirement planning topics such as tax planning, distribution strategies, investing, annuities, long-term care insurance, how to help advise people who are spending more than planned, what consumers often overlook in retirement planning and much more! Links in this episode: Victor's company's website - Palante WealthVictor's podcast - Retirease RadioSimon Sinek website - hereTo send Andy questions to be addressed on future Q&A episodes, email [email protected] Tenon Financial monthly e-newsletter - Retirement Planning InsightsFacebook group - Retirement Planning Education (formerly Taxes in Retirement)YouTube channel - Retirement Planning Education (formerly Retirement Planning Demystified)Retirement Planning Education website - www.RetirementPlanningEducation.com

I'm a buffoon and I missed including another important pro of doing an employer plan-to-IRA rollover in episode #110's list of pros and cons of rollovers. The additional potential pro is the ability to do Qualified Charitable Distributions ("QCDs") out of the IRA if you're at least 70 1/2 and charitably inclined. So, the recap the full list of pros (including QCDs) and cons of doing an employer plan-to-IRA rollover: Potential PROS of rolling over an employer plan to an IRA or Roth IRA: More investment optionsLikely lower fees and costsAccess to professional adviceBetter control over tax withholdingsMore withdrawal optionsLess Required Minimum Distributions ("RMDs") to manageLess financial clutterGain the ability to do Qualified Charitable Distributions ("QCD") Potential CONS of rolling over an employer plan to an IRA or Roth IRA: May lose the ability to take early distributions without penaltyMay lose the ability to cleanly do backdoor Roth IRA contributionsMay lose the ability to continue to delay RMDs from that plan (if you're still working at that employer)Lose the ability to take loans from the moneyMay lose the ability to take advantage of Net Unrealized Appreciation ("NUA") of company stockMay lose access to a stable value or managed income portfolio investment optionPotentially less creditor protection Links in this episode: Tenon Financial monthly e-newsletter - Retirement Planning InsightsFacebook group - Retirement Planning Education (formerly Taxes in Retirement)YouTube channel - Retirement Planning Education (formerly Retirement Planning Demystified)Retirement Planning Education website - www.RetirementPlanningEducation.com To send Andy questions to be addressed on future Q&A episodes, email [email protected]

Andy summarizes the pros and cons of rolling over an employer plan (such as a 401(k), 403(b), 401(a), 457 or the federal Thrift Savings Plan) to an IRA or Roth IRA. To sum up: Potential PROS of rolling over an employer plan to an IRA or Roth IRA: More investment optionsLikely lower fees and costsAccess to professional adviceBetter control over tax withholdingsMore withdrawal optionsLess Required Minimum Distributions ("RMDs") to manageLess financial clutter Potential CONS of rolling over an employer plan to an IRA or Roth IRA: May lose the ability to take early distributions without penaltyMay lose the ability to cleanly do backdoor Roth IRA contributionsMay lose the ability to continue to delay RMDs from that plan (if you're still working at that employer)Lose the ability to take loans from the moneyMay lose the ability to take advantage of Net Unrealized Appreciation ("NUA") of company stockMay lose access to a stable value or managed income portfolio investment optionPotentially less creditor protection Links in this episode: Summary of the creditor protection of IRAs and Roth IRAs by state - here Tenon Financial monthly e-newsletter - Retirement Planning InsightsFacebook group - Retirement Planning Education (formerly Taxes in Retirement)YouTube channel - Retirement Planning Education (formerly Retirement Planning Demystified)Retirement Planning Education website - www.RetirementPlanningEducation.comTo send Andy questions to be addressed on future Q&A episodes, email [email protected]

Listener Q&A where Andy talks about:  How to know if your 401(k) is good ( 5:57 )Is it safer to bank at multiple banks instead of just one ( 14:33 )How much tax should you withhold from your Social Security ( 21:10 )Whether each spouse needs to take out excess Roth IRA contributions if only one spouse's income put their Married Filing Joint total income over the Roth IRA contribution eligibility threshold ( 25:20 )Should you hire an advisor for a one-time Roth conversion analysis and plan if they claim it can save you millions in lifetime taxes ( 27:20 )Should you own international stocks in your stock allocation ( 31:58 ) To send Andy questions to be addressed on future Q&A episodes, email [email protected] Links in this episode: Form W-4V to have federal taxes withhold from your Social Security payments - hereDinkytown online tax return calculator - hereMy YouTube video on fixing excess Roth IRA contributions - hereMy article about the futility of trying to quantify the value of Roth conversions - here My company newsletter - Retirement Planning InsightsFacebook group - Retirement Planning Education (formerly Taxes in Retirement)YouTube channel - Retirement Planning Education (formerly Retirement Planning Demystified)Retirement Planning Education website - www.RetirementPlanningEducation.com

Andy chats with real people (not advisors) doing their own retirement planning. In this episode, Andy talks with Ali & Alison Walker, who live in Arizona currently but lived and traveled abroad for a few years after retiring. They talk about a wide array of retirement planning topics such as when Ali & Alison started getting serious about retirement planning, what they wish they would have known earlier, how they planned for the non-financial aspects of retirement, and a variety of financial topics such as Social Security, investing, portfolio distributions, how they plan to address any potential long term care scenarios and more! Links in this episode: Ali & Alison's website - All Options ConsideredBetter Investing organization - hereTanja Hester's Our Next Life blog - here Tenon Financial monthly e-newsletter - Retirement Planning InsightsFacebook group - Retirement Planning Education (formerly Taxes in Retirement)YouTube channel - Retirement Planning Education (formerly Retirement Planning Demystified)Retirement Planning Education website - www.RetirementPlanningEducation.com

Andy chats with fellow retirement planner Mike Powers, CPA, PFS, CFP®, from Manuka Financial. In this episode they talk about a wide array of retirement planning topics such as tax planning, distribution strategies, investing, annuities, long-term care insurance, how to help advise people who are spending more than planned, what consumers often overlook in retirement planning and much more! Links in this episode: Mike's company's website - Manuka FinancialMichael Kitces website - hereMr Money Mustache blog - hereChooseFI financial independent community - hereEarly Retirement Now website - hereAllan Roth from Wealth Logic - hereDavid Hulstrom from Financial Architects - here Tenon Financial monthly e-newsletter - Retirement Planning InsightsFacebook group - Retirement Planning Education (formerly Taxes in Retirement)YouTube channel - Retirement Planning Education (formerly Retirement Planning Demystified)Retirement Planning Education website - www.RetirementPlanningEducation.com

Andy talks about the main points to consider when deciding when to start your Social Security retirement benefits Links in this episode: Tenon Financial June 2024 newsletter discussing how to optimize your Social Security claiming decision - hereRetirement Planning Education June 2024 blog discussing how to optimize your Social Security claiming decision - hereMy YouTube video - Calculating Your Social Security Primary Insurance Amount Tenon Financial monthly e-newsletter - Retirement Planning InsightsFacebook group - Retirement Planning Education (formerly Taxes in Retirement)YouTube channel - Retirement Planning Education (formerly Retirement Planning Demystified)Retirement Planning Education website - www.RetirementPlanningEducation.com

Listener Q&A where Andy talks about:  Whether or not it's okay to have a mortgage or rent in retirement ( 1:56 )Medicare Part B coinsurance of 20% and whether Medigap/Supplemental policies are worth it ( 8:50 )How much money is TOO MUCH money to have in a Health Savings Account ( 13:50 )If I've changed any of my views or processes around retirement planning as a result having chatted with multiple "real people" and other retirement planners in this podcast ( 24:57 )How advisors can help improve the perception of the industry and how consumers can help try to better vet their potential advisor ( 28:58 )How much net worth is enough to consider not having long term care insurance or life insurance ( 43:52 ) Links in this episode: FINRA's BrokerCheck - here My company newsletter - Retirement Planning InsightsFacebook group - Retirement Planning Education (formerly Taxes in Retirement)YouTube channel - Retirement Planning Education (formerly Retirement Planning Demystified)Retirement Planning Education website - www.RetirementPlanningEducation.com

Andy chats with a real person (not an advisor) doing their own retirement planning. In this episode, Andy talks with Laura Maione, who lives in Illinois and retired during the pandemic. They talk about a wide array of retirement planning topics such as when Laura started getting serious about retirement planning, what she wishes he would have known earlier, how she planned for the non-financial aspects of retirement, and a variety of financial topics such as Social Security, investing, portfolio distributions, how she plans to address any potential long term care scenarios and more! Links in this episode: Bogleheads forum - hereEarly Retirement - hereFireCalc - herei-ORP Retirement Planner - here Tenon Financial monthly e-newsletter - Retirement Planning InsightsFacebook group - Retirement Planning Education (formerly Taxes in Retirement)YouTube channel - Retirement Planning Education (formerly Retirement Planning Demystified)Retirement Planning Education website - www.RetirementPlanningEducation.com

Andy chats with fellow retirement planner Angie Furubotten-LaRosee CFP®, from Avea Financial Planning. In this episode they talk about a wide array of retirement planning topics such as tax planning, distribution strategies, investing, annuities, long-term care insurance, how to help advise people who are spending more than planned, what consumers often overlook in retirement planning and much more! Links in this episode: Angie's company's website - Avea Wealth ManagementAngie's "Questions to ask...when choosing a financial planner"Michael Kitces content - here International Living Magazine - hereWomen of Influence Toastmasters Club - here Tenon Financial monthly e-newsletter - Retirement Planning InsightsFacebook group - Retirement Planning Education (formerly Taxes in Retirement)YouTube channel - Retirement Planning Education (formerly Retirement Planning Demystified)Retirement Planning Education website - www.RetirementPlanningEducation.com

Andy gives a summary of the key takeaways from the recently released 2024 Social Security Trustees Report Links in this episode: The 2024 Social Security Trustees Report - hereThe "Summary of Provisions That Would Change the Social Security Program" - here Tenon Financial monthly e-newsletter - Retirement Planning InsightsFacebook group - Retirement Planning Education (formerly Taxes in Retirement)YouTube channel - Retirement Planning Education (formerly Retirement Planning Demystified)Retirement Planning Education website - www.RetirementPlanningEducation.com

Listener Q&A where Andy talks about:  How to choose a brokerage firm/custodian to use ( 3:00 )How frequently to rebalance your portfolio ( 11:46 )Annual 401(k) contribution limits between employee and employer contributions ( 14:55 )Understanding gift taxes, when a gift tax return is required, the lifetime gift/estate size exemption and the annual gift exclusion ( 19:08 )The two different 5-year rules for Roth IRAs ( 24:03 )How mortgages or home equity lines of credit play into how much of the gain on the sale of your primary residence can be excluded ( 28:43 ) Links in this episode: My YouTube video - Understanding Roth IRA Withdrawal RulesMy Podcast episode - Understanding the $250k or $500k gain exclusion on selling your primary residence  My company newsletter - Retirement Planning InsightsFacebook group - Retirement Planning Education (formerly Taxes in Retirement)YouTube channel - Retirement Planning Education (formerly Retirement Planning Demystified)Retirement Planning Education website - www.RetirementPlanningEducation.com

Thank you for your support through 100 episodes!!! 🥳 To celebrate the milestone of the 100th episode, Andy shares his 100 best bits of retirement planning wisdom, broken up into 10 topics of 10 pieces of wisdom each. The 10 topics are: 1) Investments, 2) Social Security, 3) Medicare, 4) Taxes, 5) Estate & Legacy Planning, 6) Annuities & Life Insurance, 7) Pensions, 8) Long Term Care, 9) the Financial Advisory Industry and 10) Non-Financial & Life Planning Links in this episode: Genworth Cost of Care Survey - hereFINRA's BrokerCheck - here  Tenon Financial monthly e-newsletter - Retirement Planning InsightsFacebook group - Retirement Planning Education (formerly Taxes in Retirement)YouTube channel - Retirement Planning Education (formerly Retirement Planning Demystified)Retirement Planning Education website - www.RetirementPlanningEducation.com

Andy chats with a real person (not an advisor) doing their own retirement planning. In this episode, Andy talks with Al DiSalvio, who lives in New Jersey and plans on retiring in 2025. They talk about a wide array of retirement planning topics such as when Al started getting serious about retirement planning, what he wishes he would have known earlier and a variety of financial topics such as Social Security, investing, Roth conversions, how he recently took a work assignment abroad and more! Links in this episode: Roger Whitney's Retirement Answer Man podcast - hereRob Berger's YouTube channel - hereJoe Kuhn's YouTube channel - here Tenon Financial monthly e-newsletter - Retirement Planning InsightsFacebook group - Retirement Planning Education (formerly Taxes in Retirement)YouTube channel - Retirement Planning Education (formerly Retirement Planning Demystified)Retirement Planning Education website - www.RetirementPlanningEducation.com

Andy chats with fellow retirement planner Lauren Hunt, CFP®, from Daybreak Wealth Management. In this episode they talk about a wide array of retirement planning topics such as tax planning, distribution strategies, investing, annuities, long-term care insurance, how to know when someone has "enough" to retire, what consumers often overlook in retirement planning and much more! Links in this episode: Lauren's company's website - Daybreak Wealth ManagementMichael Kitces content - here David Kelly content - hereIan Bremmer content - here Tenon Financial monthly e-newsletter - Retirement Planning InsightsFacebook group - Retirement Planning Education (formerly Taxes in Retirement)YouTube channel - Retirement Planning Education (formerly Retirement Planning Demystified)Retirement Planning Education website - www.RetirementPlanningEducation.com

Explanation of the Required Minimum Distribution ("RMD") rules for inherited IRAs Links in this episode: The IRS's Single Life Expectancy TableCharles Schwab's Inherited IRA Withdrawal Rules Tenon Financial monthly e-newsletter - Retirement Planning InsightsFacebook group - Retirement Planning Education (formerly Taxes in Retirement)YouTube channel - Retirement Planning Education (formerly Retirement Planning Demystified)Retirement Planning Education website - www.RetirementPlanningEducation.com

Listener Q&A where Andy talks about:  Am I concerned about the increasing amount of US government debt, and how do I think it will impact retirees' investments ( 1:32 )Are there any custodians that offer Roth versions of SEP IRAs ( 16:58 )Is there a simple way to estimate what your total taxes will be for the year ( 19:28 )Could it make sense to invest in municipal bonds instead of bonds where the interest is taxable - even if the after-tax yield of the non-municipal bonds is higher - if the interest from the municipal bonds will have smaller impact on Modified Adjusted Gross Income for things like Medicare premium surcharges and Affordable Care Act premium tax credits ( 26:01 )A listener's feedback on why he feels a living/revocable trust was a good idea for him ( 31 :48 )How much money is TOO MUCH to have in a Health Savings Account ("HSA") ( 36:16 )Is it better to take a year's Required Minimum Distribution ("RMD") all at once, or spread out throughout the year ( 42:05 ) Links in this episode: My company newsletter - Retirement Planning InsightsFacebook group - Retirement Planning Education (formerly Taxes in Retirement)YouTube channel - Retirement Planning Education (formerly Retirement Planning Demystified)Retirement Planning Education website - www.RetirementPlanningEducation.com

Andy chats with a real person (not an advisor) doing their own retirement planning. In this episode, Andy talks with Judy Ocaya, who lives in California and retired in 2019. They talk about a wide array of retirement planning topics such as when Judy started getting serious about retirement planning, what she wishes he would have known earlier, how she planned for the non-financial aspects of retirement, and a variety of financial topics such as Social Security, investing, portfolio distributions, how she leveraged her professional experience as a retirement plan actuary and more! Links in this episode: Tenon Financial monthly e-newsletter - Retirement Planning InsightsFacebook group - Retirement Planning Education (formerly Taxes in Retirement)YouTube channel - Retirement Planning Education (formerly Retirement Planning Demystified)Retirement Planning Education website - www.RetirementPlanningEducation.com

Andy chats with fellow retirement planners Devin Oransky and Mary Oransky, from Laminar Wealth. In this episode they talk about a wide array of retirement planning topics such as tax planning, distribution strategies, investing, annuities, long-term care insurance, how to know when someone has "enough" to retire, what consumers often overlook in retirement planning and much more! Links in this episode: Laminar Wealth's website - https://www.laminarwealth.com/ Tenon Financial monthly e-newsletter - Retirement Planning InsightsFacebook group - Retirement Planning Education (formerly Taxes in Retirement)YouTube channel - Retirement Planning Education (formerly Retirement Planning Demystified)Retirement Planning Education website - www.RetirementPlanningEducation.com

Discussion of the different ways in which advisory firms charge fees, why the percentage of assets under management fee is illogical and unfair, and what alternate fee structures may be less illogical and less unfair Links in this episode: FINRA's BrokerCheck - hereMy article about trying to quantify the "value" of advisory services - hereTenon Financial monthly e-newsletter - Retirement Planning InsightsFacebook group - Retirement Planning Education (formerly Taxes in Retirement)YouTube channel - Retirement Planning Education (formerly Retirement Planning Demystified)Retirement Planning Education website - www.RetirementPlanningEducation.com

Listener Q&A where Andy talks about:  How to establish tax residence in a new state, and how to leave tax residence in your old stateCarrying over capital loss deductionsMinimizing or eliminating underpayment interest penalties by "annualizing" income using Form 2210When in the tax return season should you file your returnIs an advisory fee of 1.25% to 1.50% worth itLinks in this episode: My YouTube video - Estimated Taxes, Tax Withholdings and Underpayment PenaltiesMy company newsletter - Retirement Planning InsightsFacebook group - Retirement Planning Education (formerly Taxes in Retirement)YouTube channel - Retirement Planning Education (formerly Retirement Planning Demystified)Retirement Planning Education website - www.RetirementPlanningEducation.com

Andy chats with a real person (not an advisor) doing their own retirement planning. In this episode, Andy talks with Tom Santi, who lives in Florida and is currently in a part-time/transitional work phase leading toward retirement.  They talk about a wide array of retirement planning topics such as when Tom started getting serious about retirement planning, what he wishes he would have known earlier, how he planned for the non-financial aspects of retirement, and a variety of financial topics such as Social Security, investing, portfolio distributions and how he received the CFP in the 1990s but never actually formally practiced as a financial planner! Links in this episode: Tom's favorite retirement planning resources:Chris Farrell's book, Your Money Ratio$Thomas Stanley and William Danko's book, The Millionaire Next DoorBurton Malkiel's book, A Random Walk Down Wall StreetJohn Paulos's book, InnumeracyDarrell Huff's book, How to Lie with StatisticsAnnie Duke's book, Thinking in BetsTenon Financial monthly e-newsletter - Retirement Planning InsightsFacebook group - Retirement Planning Education (formerly Taxes in Retirement)YouTube channel - Retirement Planning Education (formerly Retirement Planning Demystified)Retirement Planning Education website - www.RetirementPlanningEducation.com

Andy chats with fellow retirement planner Devin Carroll, from Carroll Advisory Group. In this episode they talk about a wide array of retirement planning topics such as tax planning, distribution strategies, investing, annuities, long-term care insurance, how to know when someone has "enough" to retire, what consumers often overlook in retirement planning and much more! Links in this episode: Devin's company's website - Carroll Advisory GroupDevin's YouTube channel - Devin CarrollDevin's podcast - Big Picture RetirementDevin's Facebook group - Social Security Intelligence Member's GroupThe Social Security Program Operations Manual System - POMS Tenon Financial monthly e-newsletter - Retirement Planning InsightsFacebook group - Retirement Planning Education (formerly Taxes in Retirement)YouTube channel - Retirement Planning Education (formerly Retirement Planning Demystified)Retirement Planning Education website - www.RetirementPlanningEducation.com

Explanation of what the S&P 500 index is, what it measures, how it works and why it's NOT the right benchmark to use for your portfolio and it's returns Links in this episode: Portfolio Visualizer website - hereTenon Financial monthly e-newsletter - Retirement Planning InsightsFacebook group - Retirement Planning Education (formerly Taxes in Retirement)YouTube channel - Retirement Planning Education (formerly Retirement Planning Demystified)Retirement Planning Education website - www.RetirementPlanningEducation.com

Andy talks with Laura Adams, author and host of the The Money Girl podcast, about retirement planning considerations and issues unique to women Links in this episode: Laura's website - https://lauradadams.com/Laura's podcast - The Money GirlLaura's newsletter - The Money Stack Tenon Financial monthly e-newsletter - Retirement Planning InsightsFacebook group - Retirement Planning Education (formerly Taxes in Retirement)YouTube channel - Retirement Planning Education (formerly Retirement Planning Demystified)Retirement Planning Education website - www.RetirementPlanningEducation.com

Listener Q&A where Andy talks about:  The summary of the five different tax return filing statusesWhether a particular listener could file as Head of Household for his 22 year-old son in collegeHow to get the 1099-INT form if you sold any I Bonds last yearWhether you can still do a 2023 Roth conversion now, in February 2024What to look for and ask regarding an advisor's succession planLinks in this episode: My YouTube video - Overview of Federal Income TaxationIRS's Instructions to Form 1040IRS's website for What is My Filing Status?IRS's website for Whom May I Claim as a Dependent?My company newsletter - Retirement Planning InsightsFacebook group - Retirement Planning Education (formerly Taxes in Retirement)YouTube channel - Retirement Planning Education (formerly Retirement Planning Demystified)Retirement Planning Education website - www.RetirementPlanningEducation.com

Andy chats with a real person (not an advisor) doing their own retirement planning. In this episode, Andy talks with Bill Stevenson, a married military retiree currently living in Hawaii.  They talk about a wide array of retirement planning topics such as when Bill started getting serious about retirement planning, what he wishes he would have known earlier, how he planned for the non-financial aspects of retirement, and a variety of financial topics such as Social Security, investing, portfolio distributions, how the GI Bill helped pay for Bill's daughters' colleges and more! Links in this episode: Bill's favorite retirement planning resources:Jane Bryant Quinn books and other resources - hereWade Pfau's book, Retirement Planning GuidebookThe podcast, The Retirement & IRA ShowTenon Financial monthly e-newsletter - Retirement Planning InsightsFacebook group - Retirement Planning Education (formerly Taxes in Retirement)YouTube channel - Retirement Planning Education (formerly Retirement Planning Demystified)Retirement Planning Education website - www.RetirementPlanningEducation.com

Andy chats with fellow retirement planner Brian Tegtmeyer, CFP®, from Truly Prosper Financial Planning. In this episode they talk about a wide array of retirement planning topics such as tax planning, distribution strategies, investing, annuities, long-term care insurance, how to know when someone has "enough" to retire, what consumers often overlook in retirement planning and much more! Links in this episode: Brian's company's website - Truly Prosper Financial PlanningThe Michael Kitces website/blog - hereEd Slott website/blog - hereNatalie Choate's book - Life and Death Planning for Retirement BenefitsMoney Quotient life planning tools - hereGeorge Kinder financial life planning resources - hereMitch Anthony financial life planning resources - hereReid Stone's non-financial and life planning solutions - hereFritz Gilbert's blog - The Retirement ManifestoRoger Whitney's podcast - The Retirement Answer ManMitch Anthony's book - The New Retirementality Tenon Financial monthly e-newsletter - Retirement Planning InsightsFacebook group - Retirement Planning Education (formerly Taxes in Retirement)YouTube channel - Retirement Planning Education (formerly Retirement Planning Demystified)Retirement Planning Education website - www.RetirementPlanningEducation.com

Explanation of target date retirement funds and how they work, what their fees are, when they can make sense, pros and cons, etc. Links in this episode: Episode #060 of the Retirement Planning Education podcast about mutual fundsTenon Financial monthly e-newsletter - Retirement Planning InsightsFacebook group - Retirement Planning Education (formerly Taxes in Retirement)YouTube channel - Retirement Planning Education (formerly Retirement Planning Demystified)Retirement Planning Education website - www.RetirementPlanningEducation.com

Listener Q&A where Andy talks about:  For those who have solo 401(k) plans, when having to file Form 5500EZ is requiredWhat's tax gain harvesting and when it's beneficialHow to select between online banks that offer high yield savings accountsBonds vs bonds funds and what should be considered when figuring out how to invest the bond portion of your portfolioLinks in this episode: My company newsletter - Retirement Planning InsightsFacebook group - Retirement Planning Education (formerly Taxes in Retirement)YouTube channel - Retirement Planning Education (formerly Retirement Planning Demystified)Retirement Planning Education website - www.RetirementPlanningEducation.com

Andy chats with a real person (not an advisor) doing their own retirement planning. In this episode, Andy talks with David Folts, a married retiree in Ohio.  They talk about a wide array of retirement planning topics such as when David started getting serious about retirement planning, what he wishes he would have known earlier, how he planned for the non-financial aspects of retirement, and a variety of financial topics such as Social Security, investing, portfolio distributions, long-term care and more! Links in this episode: David's favorite books:A Whack on the Side of the Head, by Roger Von OechA Kick in the Seat of the Pants, by Roger Von OechThe Debt Squeeze, by Ron BlueDavid's favorite YouTube channels:Retirement Planning Education, by Andy PankoMeasure Twice Planners, by Cody GarrettApproach Financial, by Justin Pritchard Tenon Financial monthly e-newsletter - Retirement Planning InsightsFacebook group - Retirement Planning Education (formerly Taxes in Retirement)YouTube channel - Retirement Planning Education (formerly Retirement Planning Demystified)Retirement Planning Education website - www.RetirementPlanningEducation.com

Andy chats with fellow retirement planner Larry Pershing, CFP®, RMA® from Optimum Retirement Planning. In this episode they talk about a wide array of retirement planning topics such as tax planning, distribution strategies, investing, annuities, long-term care insurance, how to know when someone has "enough" to retire, what consumers often overlook in retirement planning and much more! Links in this episode: Larry's company's website - Optimum Retirement PlanningLarry's Facebook group - Roth Conversions and RetirementLarry's YouTube channel - 2 Minute Retirement PlanningThe Early Retirement Now website/blog - hereThe Michael Kitces website/blog - here Tenon Financial monthly e-newsletter - Retirement Planning InsightsFacebook group - Retirement Planning Education (formerly Taxes in Retirement)YouTube channel - Retirement Planning Education (formerly Retirement Planning Demystified)Retirement Planning Education website - www.RetirementPlanningEducation.com

Summary of the December 29, 2023 The Wall Street Journal article, To Lower Your Taxes in 2024, Make These Moves Now. The article gives a handful of tips on how to reduce your taxes (not actually  just in 2024; the tips in the article can apply to ANY year) Links in this episode: Tenon Financial monthly e-newsletter - Retirement Planning InsightsFacebook group - Retirement Planning Education (formerly Taxes in Retirement)YouTube channel - Retirement Planning Education (formerly Retirement Planning Demystified)Retirement Planning Education website - www.RetirementPlanningEducation.com Retirement Planning Education podcast Episode 27 about MAGI & AGIRetirement Planning Education podcast Episode 71 about the capital gain exclusion on selling your primary residenceRetirement Planning Education podcast Episode 75 about Qualified Charitable Distributions ("QCDs")Retirement Planning Education YouTube video about Estimated Taxes, Tax Withholdings and Underpayment Penalties

You read that right...the Retirement Planning Education podcast is BACK!  :-) New weekly episodes will begin Thursday, January 4th 2024. Be there or be square. Links in this episode: Facebook group - Retirement Planning Education (formerly Taxes in Retirement)YouTube channel - Retirement Planning Education (formerly Retirement Planning Demystified)Retirement Planning Education website - www.RetirementPlanningEducation.comRetirement Planning Insights newsletter - www.TenonFinancial.com/newsletter

Retirement Planning Education is going on hiatus. But hopefully I'll be back at making episodes again in the not too distant future! -Andy Links in this episode: The Retirement & IRA Show - https://www.theretirementandirashow.com/ Facebook group - Retirement Planning Education (formerly Taxes in Retirement)YouTube channel - Retirement Planning Education (formerly Retirement Planning Demystified)Retirement Planning Education website - www.RetirementPlanningEducation.com My company newsletter - https://tenonfinancial.com/newsletter

Part 2 of 2 of my discussion with retirement coach Kevin Lyles where he shares his knowledge of planning for the “softer” side of retirement readiness through discussions about having meaning, purpose, fulfillment, etc. (original recording was from January 13 2021)  Links in this episode: The Rock Retirement Club - www.RockRetirementClub.comFacebook group - Retirement Planning Education (formerly Taxes in Retirement)YouTube channel - Retirement Planning Education (formerly Retirement Planning Demystified)Retirement Planning Education website - www.RetirementPlanningEducation.com

Part 1 of 2 of my discussion with retirement coach Kevin Lyles where he shares his knowledge of planning for the “softer” side of retirement through discussions about meaning, purpose, fulfillment, etc. (original recording was from January 13 2021)  Links in this episode: The Rock Retirement Club - www.RockRetirementClub.comFacebook group - Retirement Planning Education (formerly Taxes in Retirement)YouTube channel - Retirement Planning Education (formerly Retirement Planning Demystified)Retirement Planning Education website - www.RetirementPlanningEducation.com

Andy and Kevin Lao from Imagine Financial Security discuss when cash value (aka permanent) life insurance may be appropriate, and what to know about the sales processes around such products Links in this episode: Kevin's firm, Imagine Financial Security - https://imaginefinancialsecurity.com/Kevin's podcast, the "Planning for Retirement Podcast" -  https://imaginefinancialsecurity.com/planning-for-retirement-podcast/

Explanation of what financial planning is (and isn't) Links in this episode: www.adviceonlynetwork.com www.napfa.orgwww.feeonlynetwork.comwww.garrettplanningnetwork.comwww.xyplanningnetwork.com Retirement Planning Education podcast episode #015 - What do all of the letters mean after financial advisors' namesRetirement Planning Education podcast episode #053 - What is tax planning Facebook group - Retirement Planning Education (formerly Taxes in Retirement)YouTube channel - Retirement Planning Education (formerly Retirement Planning Demystified)Retirement Planning Education website - www.RetirementPlanningEducation.com

Explanation of what Qualified Charitable Distributions ("QCDs") are and why they're the most tax-efficient way to donate cash Links in this episode: Retirement Planning Education podcast episode #051 - Introductory overview of the federal income tax system Facebook group - Retirement Planning Education (formerly Taxes in Retirement)YouTube channel - Retirement Planning Education (formerly Retirement Planning Demystified)Retirement Planning Education website - www.RetirementPlanningEducation.com

Explanation of the process for how to part ways with your financial advisor Links in this episode: Facebook group - Retirement Planning Education (formerly Taxes in Retirement)YouTube channel - Retirement Planning Education (formerly Retirement Planning Demystified)Retirement Planning Education website - www.RetirementPlanningEducation.com

Explanation of what it means to be a fiduciary and why that term has become a marketing buzzword Links in this episode: Boomer Benefits website - https://www.BoomerBenefits.com FINRA BrokerCheck - here Facebook group - Retirement Planning Education (formerly Taxes in Retirement)YouTube channel - Retirement Planning Education (formerly Retirement Planning Demystified)Retirement Planning Education website - www.RetirementPlanningEducation.com

Explanation of "step up in basis" and how it can make unrealized taxable gains magically disappear when leaving property to heirs Links in this episode: Boomer Benefits Facebook group page - https://www.facebook.com/groups/508122746351903 Facebook group - Retirement Planning Education (formerly Taxes in Retirement)YouTube channel - Retirement Planning Education (formerly Retirement Planning Demystified)Retirement Planning Education website - www.RetirementPlanningEducation.com

Summary of the "Section 121" exclusion of up to $500k of gain on selling your primary residence Links in this episode: Boomer Benefits website - https://www.BoomerBenefits.com IRS Publication 523 - here My podcast about the Net Investment Income Tax - here Facebook group - Retirement Planning Education (formerly Taxes in Retirement)YouTube channel - Retirement Planning Education (formerly Retirement Planning Demystified)Retirement Planning Education website - www.RetirementPlanningEducation.com

Listener Q&A where Andy talks about:  Whether or not to reinvest dividends when in retirementCapital gain exclusion when selling a primary residence, and the "step up in basis" when leaving a primary residence to heirs How the Social Security "earnings test" impacts benefits when under Full Retirement Age and still workingHow to amend a tax returnConsiderations when gifting stock that has appreciated in valueLinks in this episode: Boomer Benefits Facebook group page - https://www.facebook.com/groups/508122746351903 My podcast episode about the 4% Rule - here Facebook group - Retirement Planning Education (formerly Taxes in Retirement)YouTube channel - Retirement Planning Education (formerly Retirement Planning Demystified)Retirement Planning Education website - www.RetirementPlanningEducation.com

Summary of the key takeaways from the 2023 Social Security Trustees Report Links in this episode: Boomer Benefits website - https://www.BoomerBenefits.com SSA press release about the 2023 Trustees report, with link to the full report - https://www.ssa.gov/news/press/releases/2023/#3-2023-3 Facebook group - Retirement Planning Education (formerly Taxes in Retirement)YouTube channel - Retirement Planning Education (formerly Retirement Planning Demystified)Retirement Planning Education website - www.RetirementPlanningEducation.com

Explanation of what happens to investments when a broker fails, and why that is a very different (and generally better) scenario for clients than a bank failing Links in this episode: Boomer Benefits Facebook group page - https://www.facebook.com/groups/508122746351903 Schwab's CEO, Walt Bettinger, on CNBC - https://www.aboutschwab.com/walt-bettinger-on-financial-stabilityCharles Schwab and Walt Bettinger's industry perspective - https://www.aboutschwab.com/updated-our-most-recent-perspective-on-industry-events Rob Berger's YouTube video about brokerage failures - https://youtu.be/wz64z1YuL0A Facebook group - Retirement Planning Education (formerly Taxes in Retirement)YouTube channel - Retirement Planning Education (formerly Retirement Planning Demystified)Retirement Planning Education website - www.RetirementPlanningEducation.com

Discussion of the basics of the U.S.'s monetary and banking systems, and why there have recently been multiple bank failures. And, should we be concerned about the broader banking system and more failures going forward? Links in this episode: Boomer Benefits website - https://www.BoomerBenefits.com FDIC Electronic Deposit Insurance Estimator ("EDIE") calculator - https://edie.fdic.gov/calculator.html Facebook group - Retirement Planning Education (formerly Taxes in Retirement)YouTube channel - Retirement Planning Education (formerly Retirement Planning Demystified)Retirement Planning Education website - www.RetirementPlanningEducation.com

Summary of the various tax forms retirees are likely to receive at tax return time. Discusses 1099s, 5498's, 1095's and more! Links in this episode: Boomer Benefits Facebook group - https://www.facebook.com/groups/BoomerBenefits Facebook group - Retirement Planning Education (formerly Taxes in Retirement)YouTube channel - Retirement Planning Education (formerly Retirement Planning Demystified)Retirement Planning Education website - www.RetirementPlanningEducation.com

Part 2 of 2 of my discussion with Social Security expert, Devin Carroll, where he debunks 7 common Social Security myths (original recording was from December 2020)  Links in this episode: Devin's YouTube channel - https://www.youtube.com/@DevinCarrollDevin's blog - https://www.socialsecurityintelligence.com/Devin's Facebook group - https://www.facebook.com/groups/428684237572614Devin's book - The Hero's PenaltyDevin's book - Social Security Basics Facebook group - Retirement Planning Education (formerly Taxes in Retirement)YouTube channel - Retirement Planning Education (formerly Retirement Planning Demystified)Retirement Planning Education website - www.RetirementPlanningEducation.com

Part 1 of 2 of my discussion with Social Security expert, Devin Carroll, where he debunks 7 common Social Security myths (original recording was from December 2020)  Links in this episode: Devin's YouTube channel - https://www.youtube.com/@DevinCarrollDevin's blog - https://www.socialsecurityintelligence.com/Devin's Facebook group - https://www.facebook.com/groups/428684237572614Devin's book - The Hero's PenaltyDevin's book - Social Security Basics Facebook group - Retirement Planning Education (formerly Taxes in Retirement)YouTube channel - Retirement Planning Education (formerly Retirement Planning Demystified)Retirement Planning Education website - www.RetirementPlanningEducation.com

Listener Q&A where Andy talks about:  When Highly Compensated Employees may need to retroactively have some of their 401(k) contributions removedHow changes in interest rates and inflation impact Social Security benefits Required Minimum Distributions (“RMDs”) from a 401(k) inherited in 2006 The difference in income taxation between revocable and irrevocable trusts Pros and cons of target retirement date mutual funds His thoughts on a career changer entering the retirement and tax planning fieldLinks in this episode: My YouTube video - Calculating your Social Security Primary Insurance AmountFacebook group - Retirement Planning Education (formerly Taxes in Retirement)YouTube channel - Retirement Planning Education (formerly Retirement Planning Demystified)Retirement Planning Education website - www.RetirementPlanningEducation.com

Part 6 of 6 of a multi-part series on an introduction to investing. In this episode, Andy talks about how to create and manage your portfolio including what to consider when picking an asset allocation, how often to rebalance and how to do tax-efficient asset "location" Links in this episode: My YouTube video - What is Sequence of Returns RiskMy YouTube video - How to Optimize Asset LocationFacebook group - Retirement Planning Education (formerly Taxes in Retirement)YouTube channel - Retirement Planning Education (formerly Retirement Planning Demystified)Retirement Planning Education website - www.RetirementPlanningEducation.com

Part 5 of 6 of a multi-part series on an introduction to investing. In this episode Andy talks about the various places in which cash can be invested, as well gives a summary of multiple types of "alternative" investments such as real estate, commodities, hedge funds, interval funds and insurance products Links in this episode: My Podcast episode - What is a LIRP, or Life Insurance Retirement PlanThe first of my three Podcast episodes about Annuities - hereMy YouTube video What is Cryptocurrency, with Zechariah SchaeferFacebook group - Retirement Planning Education (formerly Taxes in Retirement)YouTube channel - Retirement Planning Education (formerly Retirement Planning Demystified)Retirement Planning Education website - www.RetirementPlanningEducation.com

Part 4 of 6 of a multi-part series on an introduction to investing. In this episode Andy talks about mutual funds and exchange traded funds ("ETFs"); what they are, what strategies they use, how to trade them, how they're valued, tax considerations, etc.   Links in this episode: My YouTube video What are Mutual Fund Capital Gain DistributionsFacebook group - Retirement Planning Education (formerly Taxes in Retirement)YouTube channel - Retirement Planning Education (formerly Retirement Planning Demystified)Retirement Planning Education website - www.RetirementPlanningEducation.com

Part 3 of 6 of a multi-part series on an introduction to investing. In this episode Andy talks about bonds; what they are, how to trade them, how to value them, what makes their prices change, what terminology to know, etc.   Links in this episode: My YouTube video about Bonds, Bond Prices and Bond YieldsFacebook group - Retirement Planning Education (formerly Taxes in Retirement)YouTube channel - Retirement Planning Education (formerly Retirement Planning Demystified)Retirement Planning Education website - www.RetirementPlanningEducation.com

Part 2 of 6 of a multi-part series on an introduction to investing. In this episode Andy talks about stocks; what they are, how to buy and sell them, how to value them, what terminology to know, etc. Links in this episode: Facebook group - Retirement Planning Education (formerly Taxes in Retirement)YouTube channel - Retirement Planning Education (formerly Retirement Planning Demystified)Retirement Planning Education website - www.RetirementPlanningEducation.com

Part 1 of 6 of an introduction to investing. This episode talks about some background considerations to investing, such as risk-reward trade off and the concepts of risk tolerance & capacity, and also gives an overview of the different types of investment accounts such as brokerage accounts, IRAs, 401(k)s, etc. Links in this episode: My YouTube video about Asset Location - hereMy podcast episode #8 about Roth IRA withdrawal rules - hereMy YouTube video about Roth IRA withdrawal rules - hereFacebook group - Retirement Planning Education (formerly Taxes in Retirement)YouTube channel - Retirement Planning Education (formerly Retirement Planning Demystified)Retirement Planning Education website - www.RetirementPlanningEducation.comThe IUL Experiment website - www.TheIULexperiment.com

Summary of the provisions of the recently enacted SECURE 2.0 Act of 2022 legislation that are most likely to impact you and your retirement planning Links in this episode: Full text of SECURE 2.0 Act of 2022 (starts on page 817) - hereJeffrey Levine's awesome summary of SECURE 2.0 - hereThe U.S. Senate's formal summary of each provision of SECURE 2.0 - hereFacebook group - Retirement Planning Education (formerly Taxes in Retirement)YouTube channel - Retirement Planning Education (formerly Retirement Planning Demystified)Retirement Planning Education website - www.RetirementPlanningEducation.com

Part 2 of 2 of my discussion with Amy Colton, MBA, CDFA, founder of Your Divorce Made Simple, to talk about financial planning considerations specific to divorce (original recording was from November 2021) Links in this episode: Amy's website - www.YourDivorceMadeSimple.comFacebook group - Retirement Planning Education (formerly Taxes in Retirement)YouTube channel - Retirement Planning Education (formerly Retirement Planning Demystified)Newsletter - Retirement Planning Insights

Part 1 of 2 of my discussion with Amy Colton, MBA, CDFA, founder of Your Divorce Made Simple, to talk about financial planning considerations specific to divorce (original recording was from November 2021) Links in this episode: Amy's website - www.YourDivorceMadeSimple.comFacebook group - Retirement Planning Education (formerly Taxes in Retirement)YouTube channel - Retirement Planning Education (formerly Retirement Planning Demystified)Newsletter - Retirement Planning Insights

Explanation of what tax planning is, and isn't. Andy discusses the typical types of services and advice that make up tax planning within retirement planning Links in this episode: Facebook group - Retirement Planning Education (formerly Taxes in Retirement)YouTube channel - Retirement Planning Education (formerly Retirement Planning Demystified)Newsletter - Retirement Planning Insights

Listener Q&A where Andy talks about: The differences between governmental and non-governmental (aka “tax-exempt”) 457(b) plansWhen Roth 401(k) conversions can be accessed without tax or penaltyWhether certain mutual fund sales and purchases will constitute a wash saleWhether it’s better to purchase 10-year US Treasury notes sooner or later if you assume the Federal Reserve will continue raising interest ratesHow to contribute the maximum HSA family contribution in 2023 if both spouses in a married couple will be at least 55 by the end of 2023Links in this episode: IRS summary of non-governmental 457(b) plans - hereFacebook group - Retirement Planning Education (formerly Taxes in Retirement)YouTube channel - Retirement Planning Education (formerly Retirement Planning Demystified)Newsletter - Retirement Planning Insights

Explanation of the basic structure of the U.S. Federal income tax system Links in this episode: YouTube video - Overview of Federal Income TaxationYouTube video - Estimated Taxes, Tax Withholdings and Underpayment PenaltiesFacebook group - Retirement Planning Education (formerly Taxes in Retirement)YouTube channel - Retirement Planning Education (formerly Retirement Planning Demystified)Newsletter - Retirement Planning Insights

Andy discusses what he's thankful for with regards to his career in retirement planning, and more broadly about retirement planning in general Links in this episode: Facebook group - Retirement Planning Education (formerly Taxes in Retirement)YouTube channel - Retirement Planning Education (formerly Retirement Planning Demystified)Newsletter - Retirement Planning Insights

An introduction to the key aspects of estate planning Links in this episode: Facebook group - Retirement Planning Education (formerly Taxes in Retirement)YouTube channel - Retirement Planning Education (formerly Retirement Planning Demystified)Newsletter - Retirement Planning Insights

Listener Q&A where Andy talks about: How the Social Security "Earnings Test" and "Family Maximum" are appliedWhether RMDs can be delayed from a Solo 401(k) if still workingHow Social Security Survivor Benefits workIf you can still contribute to a 401(k) if you're still working beyond RMD ageWhat Tax Gain Harvesting is and how to use it Links in this episode: YouTube video - How are Capital Gains TaxedFacebook group - Retirement Planning Education (formerly Taxes in Retirement)YouTube channel - Retirement Planning Education (formerly Retirement Planning Demystified)Newsletter - Retirement Planning Insights

Part 2 of 2 of my discussion with Danielle Roberts, founder of Boomer Benefits, to talk about all things Medicare (original recording was from October 2020) Links in this episode: 2023 Medicare Parts A & B premiums and deductibles, as well as Medicare surcharge (aka "IRMAA") income levels and surcharge amounts - here2023 Medicare Part D catastrophic coverage out of pocket limit - here Boomer Benefits website - www.boomerbenefits.comDanielle's book - 10 Co$tly Medicare Mistakes You Can't Afford to MakeBoomer Benefits Facebook group - Medicare Q & A with Boomer BenefitsBoomer Benefits YouTube channel - Boomer Benefits - Medicare Expert Facebook group - Retirement Planning Education (formerly Taxes in Retirement)YouTube channel - Retirement Planning Education (formerly Retirement Planning Demystified)My Newsletter - Retirement Planning Insights

Part 1 of 2 of my discussion with Danielle Roberts, founder of Boomer Benefits, to talk about all things Medicare (original recording was from October 2020) Links in this episode: 2023 Medicare Parts A & B premiums and deductibles, as well as Medicare surcharge (aka "IRMAA") income levels and surcharge amounts - here2023 Medicare Part D catastrophic coverage out of pocket limit - here Boomer Benefits website - www.boomerbenefits.comDanielle's book - 10 Co$tly Medicare Mistakes You Can't Afford to MakeBoomer Benefits Facebook group - Medicare Q & A with Boomer BenefitsBoomer Benefits YouTube channel - Boomer Benefits - Medicare Expert Facebook group - Retirement Planning Education (formerly Taxes in Retirement)YouTube channel - Retirement Planning Education (formerly Retirement Planning Demystified)My Newsletter - Retirement Planning Insights

Summary of Social Security Cost of Living Adjustments (or "COLAs") and whether the recently announced 2023 COLA of 8.7% will apply to you (spoiler alert...it doesn't apply to everyone!) Links in this episode: Monthly Consumer Price Index ("CPI") values from the Bureau of Labor Statistics - hereYouTube video - Calculating Your Social Security Primary Insurance AmountYouTube video - Introduction to Social SecurityYouTube video - When to Start Social SecurityFacebook group - Retirement Planning Education (formerly Taxes in Retirement)YouTube channel - Retirement Planning Education (formerly Retirement Planning Demystified)Newsletter - Retirement Planning Insights

Listener Q&A where Andy answers questions about: How the IRS knows if you satisfy RMDs on an inherited account if  you move the account between custodians during the yearThe deductibility of long-term care expenses as medical expensesTaxation of selling Restricted Stock Units (“RSUs”)Medicare premium surcharges while your Medicare benefits are suspendedHow to plan for the known knowns, the known unknowns and the unknown unknowns Links in this episode: Facebook group - Retirement Planning Education (formerly Taxes in Retirement)YouTube channel - Retirement Planning Education (formerly Retirement Planning Demystified)Newsletter - Retirement Planning Insights

Part 2 of 2 of the audio replay of my previous video with Josh Blum from Mutual of Omaha where we talked all about reverse mortgages Links in this episode: Replay of the original video with Josh - hereFacebook group - Retirement Planning Education (formerly Taxes in Retirement)YouTube channel - Retirement Planning Education (formerly Retirement Planning Demystified)Newsletter - Retirement Planning Insights

Part 1 of 2 of the audio replay of my previous video with Josh Blum from Mutual of Omaha where we talked all about reverse mortgage Links in this episode: Replay of the original video with Josh - hereFacebook group - Retirement Planning Education (formerly Taxes in Retirement)YouTube channel - Retirement Planning Education (formerly Retirement Planning Demystified)Newsletter - Retirement Planning Insights

Summary of the 3.8% Net Investment Income Tax ("NIIT") and how it may impact your retirement planning Links in this episode: IRS Form 8960 - hereFacebook group - Retirement Planning Education (formerly Taxes in Retirement)YouTube channel - Retirement Planning Education (formerly Retirement Planning Demystified)Newsletter - Retirement Planning InsightsMy recent webinar - How to Review a Tax Return (as a Retirement Planner)My YouTube video - What is Net Investment Income Tax

Listener Q&A where Andy answers questions about: How to calculate the increase to Social Security for delaying the start of benefits, or the decrease for starting benefits earlyWhat to consider with regards to when to start receiving a pensionWhat Required Minimum Distributions ("RMDs") are necessary when inheriting an IRA from someone who inherited it from its original ownerHow bullet ETFs are taxedTaking just spousal benefits while letting your own Social Security benefit growThe options available to safely save cash for a few years Links in this episode: Facebook group - Retirement Planning Education (formerly Taxes in Retirement)YouTube channel - Retirement Planning Education (formerly Retirement Planning Demystified)Newsletter - Retirement Planning Insights

Summary of the options for health insurance if you no longer have employer-sponsored health insurance and aren't yet 65 and therefore can't yet sign up for Medicare Links in this episode: Facebook group - Retirement Planning Education (formerly Taxes in Retirement)YouTube channel - Retirement Planning Education (formerly Retirement Planning Demystified)Newsletter - Retirement Planning Insights

Explanation of health insurance offered through the Affordable Care Act (aka ACA or ObamaCare) and subsides for such insurance in the form of premium tax credits Links in this episode: IRS Form 8962 - hereMy YouTube video - Affordable Care Act Premium Tax CreditsFacebook group - Retirement Planning Education (formerly Taxes in Retirement)YouTube channel - Retirement Planning Education (formerly Retirement Planning Demystified)Newsletter - Retirement Planning Insights

Discussion of how there is a lot of value in retirement planning & investment management, but how it's impossible to actually quantify and measure that value Links in this episode: Link to my Rethinking65 article - "How Much Are Your Services Worth?"Link to FINRA BrokerCheck - hereLink to my YouTube video - How to Find a Financial Advisor, Part 1 of 3Link to my YouTube video - How to Find a Financial Advisor, Part 2 of 3Link to my YouTube video - How to Find a Financial Advisor, Part 3 of 3Facebook group - Retirement Planning Education (formerly Taxes in Retirement)YouTube channel - Retirement Planning Education (formerly Retirement Planning Demystified)Newsletter - Retirement Planning Insights

Listener Q&A where Andy answers questions about: Whether I prefer simplification or optimization in financial planningRoth conversion optimizationIs crypto mining taxableHow to buy I Bonds through tax return refundsWhat positions to sell when distributing from an IRAWhen to start annuity payments Links in this episode: Facebook group - Retirement Planning Education (formerly Taxes in Retirement)YouTube channel - Retirement Planning Education (formerly Retirement Planning Demystified)Newsletter - Retirement Planning Insights

Part 2 of 2 of the audio replay of my previous video with Kerry Peabody from Clark Insurance where we talked all about long term care insurance How to contact Kerry - https://www.clarkinsurance.com/long-term-care-insurance/ Replay of the original video - here Links in this episode: Facebook group - Retirement Planning Education (formerly Taxes in Retirement)YouTube channel - Retirement Planning Education (formerly Retirement Planning Demystified)Newsletter - Retirement Planning Insights

Part 1 of 2 of the audio replay of my previous video with Kerry Peabody from Clark Insurance where we talked all about long term care insurance How to contact Kerry - https://www.clarkinsurance.com/long-term-care-insurance/ Replay of the original video - here Links in this episode: Facebook group - Retirement Planning Education (formerly Taxes in Retirement)YouTube channel - Retirement Planning Education (formerly Retirement Planning Demystified)Newsletter - Retirement Planning Insights

Explanation of the various portfolio withdrawal strategies Links in this episode: Facebook group - Retirement Planning Education (formerly Taxes in Retirement)YouTube channel - Retirement Planning Education (formerly Retirement Planning Demystified)Newsletter - Retirement Planning Insights

Listener Q&A where Andy answers questions about: Spousal Roth IRAs401(k) to Roth IRA conversionsSplitting up IRAs to have different beneficiaries for eachInvesting money earmarked for potential future long term care expensesHow I named my company, Tenon Financial IRS website link about direct vs indirect rollovers - hereFacebook group - Retirement Planning Education (formerly Taxes in Retirement)YouTube channel - Retirement Planning Education (formerly Retirement Planning Demystified)Newsletter - Retirement Planning Insights

Explanation of a bond ladder and how to build one YouTube Video - "What is Sequence of Return Risk"YouTube Video - "Bonds, Bond Prices and Bond Yields"Facebook group - Retirement Planning Education (formerly Taxes in Retirement)YouTube channel - Retirement Planning Education (formerly Retirement Planning Demystified)Newsletter - Retirement Planning Insights

Part 2 of 2 of the replay of my previously aired Facebook live video with Chris D'Agnes, CFA, Partner and Co-Portfolio Manager at Hamlin Capital Management. Chris talked about the high dividend equity portfolio he manages and why dividends are an important part of investing for retirees Full video replay with Chris - hereFacebook group - Retirement Planning Education (formerly Taxes in Retirement)YouTube channel - Retirement Planning Education (formerly Retirement Planning Demystified)Newsletter - Retirement Planning Insights

Part 1 of 2 of the replay of my previously aired Facebook live video with Chris D'Agnes, CFA, Partner and Co-Portfolio Manager at Hamlin Capital Management. Chris talked about the high dividend equity portfolio he manages and why dividends are an important part of investing for retirees Full video replay with Chris - hereFacebook group - Retirement Planning Education (formerly Taxes in Retirement)YouTube channel - Retirement Planning Education (formerly Retirement Planning Demystified)Newsletter - Retirement Planning Insights

Explanation of a LIRP, or Life Insurance Retirement Plan, which is ultimately an Indexed Universal Life insurance policy Facebook group - Retirement Planning Education (formerly Taxes in Retirement)YouTube channel - Retirement Planning Education (formerly Retirement Planning Demystified)Newsletter - Retirement Planning Insights

Explanation of the five different versions of Modified Adjusted Gross Income, or MAGI, you're likely to come across in retirement planning Downloadable MAGI summary handout - hereWhat is MAGI YouTube video - hereUnderstanding Medicare Premium Surcharges YouTube video - hereAffordable Care Act ("ACA") Premium Tax Credits YouTube video - hereWhat is Net Investment Income Tax YouTube video - hereFacebook group - Retirement Planning Education (formerly Taxes in Retirement)YouTube channel - Retirement Planning Education (formerly Retirement Planning Demystified)Newsletter - Retirement Planning Insights

Summary of the key points in the 2022 Social Security Trustees Report 2022 Social Security Trustees Report - hereFacebook group - Retirement Planning Education (formerly Taxes in Retirement)YouTube channel - Retirement Planning Education (formerly Retirement Planning Demystified)Newsletter - Retirement Planning Insights

The basics of the Social Security system YouTube video - Introduction to Social SecurityYouTube video - Calculating your Social Security Primary Insurance AmountYouTube video - Are Social Security Benefits Taxable?YouTube video - When to claim Social SecurityYouTube video - Social Security myths and Q&AFacebook group - Retirement Planning Education (formerly Taxes in Retirement)YouTube channel - Retirement Planning Education (formerly Retirement Planning Demystified)Newsletter - Retirement Planning Insights

Actions retirees and near-retirees should (and shouldn't) consider doing as a result of bad financial markets and high inflation YouTube video - What is the 4% Rule?YouTube video - How much money do I need to retire?Facebook group - Retirement Planning Education (formerly Taxes in Retirement)YouTube channel - Retirement Planning Education (formerly Retirement Planning Demystified)Newsletter - Retirement Planning Insights

Explanation of tax loss harvesting and tax gain harvesting, as well as an introduction to "wash sales" Links in this episode: YouTube video - What is Tax Loss Harvesting?YouTube video - What is Tax Gain Harvesting?YouTube video - What is Tax Loss and Tax Gain Harvesting?Facebook group - Retirement Planning Education (formerly Taxes in Retirement)YouTube channel - Retirement Planning Education (formerly Retirement Planning Demystified)Newsletter - Retirement Planning Insights

Summary of variable annuities, indexed annuities and a Guaranteed Living Withdrawal Benefit rider Links in this episode: YouTube video - What is a Variable Annuity?YouTube video - What is an Indexed Annuity?YouTube video - What is a Fixed Indexed Annuity with Income Rider?Facebook group - Retirement Planning Education (formerly Taxes in Retirement)YouTube channel - Retirement Planning Education (formerly Retirement Planning Demystified)Newsletter - Retirement Planning Insights

Summary of immediate and deferred income annuities, and explanation of the different annuity payment options available Links in this episode: YouTube video - What is an Income Annuity?www.ImmediateAnnuities.comFacebook group - Retirement Planning Education (formerly Taxes in Retirement)YouTube channel - Retirement Planning Education (formerly Retirement Planning Demystified)Newsletter - Retirement Planning Insights

The basics of annuities and details about Multi-Year Guaranteed Annuities ("MYGAs") Links in this episode: YouTube video - Understanding AnnuitiesYouTube video - What is an Income Annuity?YouTube video - What is a Variable Annuity?YouTube video - What is an Indexed Annuity?YouTube video - What is a Fixed Indexed Annuity with Income Rider?YouTube video - What is a Qualified Longevity Annuity ContractFacebook group - Retirement Planning Education (formerly Taxes in Retirement)YouTube channel - Retirement Planning Education (formerly Retirement Planning Demystified)Newsletter - Retirement Planning Insights

Everything you ever wanted to know about I Bonds Links in this episode: TreasuryDirect - hereCPI-U monthly data - hereFacebook group - Retirement Planning Education (formerly Taxes in Retirement)YouTube channel - Retirement Planning Education (formerly Retirement Planning Demystified)Newsletter - Retirement Planning Insights

Explanation of Monte Carlo simulation in retirement planning Links in this episode: Facebook group - Retirement Planning Education (formerly Taxes in Retirement)YouTube channel - Retirement Planning Education (formerly Retirement Planning Demystified)Newsletter - Retirement Planning Insights

Discussion of the pros and cons of possible alternatives to using bonds or bond funds in your portfolio Links in this episode: My YouTube video about fixed indexed annuities - hereFacebook group - Retirement Planning Education (formerly Taxes in Retirement)YouTube channel - Retirement Planning Education (formerly Retirement Planning Demystified)Newsletter - Retirement Planning Insights

Explanation of bonds and bond funds; how they work, what risks they have, what their purpose is, etc. Links in this episode: My YouTube video about bonds and bond funds - hereFacebook group - Retirement Planning Education (formerly Taxes in Retirement)YouTube channel - Retirement Planning Education (formerly Retirement Planning Demystified)Newsletter - Retirement Planning Insights

Explanation of some of the various letters and professional designations often seen after financial advisors' names Links in this episode: Rock Retirement Club - hereFacebook group - Retirement Planning Education (formerly Taxes in Retirement)YouTube channel - Retirement Planning Education (formerly Retirement Planning Demystified)Newsletter - Retirement Planning Insights

Summary of the ways to do and file your own tax return, or how to find a paid tax return preparer Links in this episode: IRS forms and schedules search tool - hereIRS PTIN and "credentialed" return preparer directory - hereIRS VITA and TCE info and locator tool - hereAARP Tax-Aide info and locator tool - hereIRS "Free File" and "Free Fillable Forms" info - hereFacebook group - Retirement Planning Education (formerly Taxes in Retirement)YouTube channel - Retirement Planning Education (formerly Retirement Planning Demystified)Newsletter - Retirement Planning Insights

Explanation of the various forms and schedules commonly used in retiree tax returns Links in this episode: IRS forms and schedules search tool - hereMy YouTube video - Overview of Federal Income TaxationMy YouTube video - Understanding a Retiree Tax ReturnPDF of the tax return discussed in the above video - hereFacebook group - Retirement Planning Education (formerly Taxes in Retirement)YouTube channel - Retirement Planning Education (formerly Retirement Planning Demystified)Newsletter - Retirement Planning Insights

Explanation of mutual fund capital gain distributions, and why 2021 was a unique year for large (and taxable) distributions Links in this episode: Wall Street Journal article about a particular fund company's large capital gain distributions in their target date retirement funds - hereFacebook group - Retirement Planning Education (formerly Taxes in Retirement)YouTube channel - Retirement Planning Education (formerly Retirement Planning Demystified)Newsletter - Retirement Planning Insights

Explanation of how financial advisors get paid, including the differences in compensation structure between investment managers, securities salespeople and insurance salespeople Links in this episode: My three-part video series about how to find a financial advisor - hereFacebook group - Retirement Planning Education (formerly Taxes in Retirement)YouTube channel - Retirement Planning Education (formerly Retirement Planning Demystified)Newsletter - Retirement Planning Insights

Summary of the Required Minimum Distribution ("RMD") rules around inherited retirement accounts Links in this episode: "Free Stuff" (including the IRS Uniform Lifetime table and flowcharts) - hereIRS Joint Life and Last Survivor Expectancy table - hereMy detailed video about RMDs from inherited accounts - hereFacebook group - Retirement Planning Education (formerly Taxes in Retirement)YouTube channel - Retirement Planning Education (formerly Retirement Planning Demystified)Newsletter - Retirement Planning Insights

Summary of Required Minimum Distributions or "RMDs" Links in this episode: "Free Stuff" (including the IRS Uniform Lifetime table) - hereIRS Joint Life and Last Survivor Expectancy table - hereFacebook group - Retirement Planning Education (formerly Taxes in Retirement)YouTube channel - Retirement Planning Education (formerly Retirement Planning Demystified)Newsletter - Retirement Planning Insights

Summary of the rules around taking money out of your Roth IRA without tax or penalty Links in this episode: "Free Stuff" (including Roth withdrawal rule summary sheet) - hereFacebook group - Retirement Planning Education (formerly Taxes in Retirement)YouTube channel - Retirement Planning Education (formerly Retirement Planning Demystified)Newsletter - Retirement Planning Insights

Comparison of the features of tax-deferred vs Roth vs normal brokerage accounts Links in this episode: Facebook group - Retirement Planning Education (formerly Taxes in Retirement)YouTube channel - Retirement Planning Education (formerly Retirement Planning Demystified)Newsletter - Retirement Planning Insights

Explanation of how to do a "backdoor" Roth contribution, and what to look out for when doing it Links in this episode: Summary of helpful tax and financial planning info for 2022 - hereFacebook group - Retirement Planning Education (formerly Taxes in Retirement)YouTube channel - Retirement Planning Education (formerly Retirement Planning Demystified)Newsletter - Retirement Planning Insights

A framework for figuring out how much money you need to retire. Links in this episode: Life expectancy calculator - Living To 100Facebook group - Retirement Planning Education (formerly Taxes in Retirement)YouTube channel - Retirement Planning Education (formerly Retirement Planning Demystified)Newsletter - Retirement Planning Insights

Everything you ever wanted to know about the 4% Rule Links in this episode: Facebook group - Retirement Planning Education (formerly Taxes in Retirement)YouTube channel - Retirement Planning Education (formerly Retirement Planning Demystified)Newsletter - Retirement Planning Insights