What Retirees Can Do Right Now to Reduce Next Year’s Taxes
Withdrawing money from retirement accounts will have consequences on your 2024 return.
Withdrawing money from retirement accounts will have consequences on your 2024 return.
If you think saving for retirement is complicated, try figuring out how to withdraw retirement funds while minimizing taxes.
“As much as 70 percent of your hard-earned retirement funds can be eaten up by income, estate and state taxes,” says IRA guru Ed Slott, author of the retirement-planning books “Fund Your Future: A Tax-Smart Savings Plan in Your 20s and 30s” and “The Retirement Savings Time Bomb … and How to Defuse It.”
A new law increasing the age you must withdraw from your retirement accounts may come with some unexpected and expensive consequences.
Retirement legislation President Biden inked in December pushes the age that retirees must start taking required minimum distributions, or RMDs, from IRAs, 401(k)s, and 403(b) plans, to 73 this year, up from 72.That will bump up higher to age 75 in 2033
In your 30s, responsibilities pick up.You’re likely to buy your first home and grow your family
If you've had a toe in the stock market for more than a few years, you likely have grown increasingly giddy watching your profits pile up.But there's a flip side to the story: Eventually, you might need to share a lot of those gains with your partner.
Ed Slott, Founder of IRAhelp.com, joins The Final Round to discuss how the election could impact your retirement savings.
Ed Slott, founder of IRAhelp.com, joins Yahoo Finance's The Final Round to discuss the potential benefits of doing a Roth 401 (k) conversion amid coronavirus driven market volatility.
"You don't really have a loss until you sell," said Ed Slott, a certified public accountant and retirement-plan expert."Often the worst thing to do is sell out of fear."
IRAHelp.com’s Founder Ed Slott joins The Final Round to to discuss the steps you can take to utilize tax laws to maximize your retirement and tax benefits.
“As you get closer to retirement, income is more important than savings because savings — especially if they’re in the market — are not guaranteed, and savings can run out,” Slott tells Yahoo Finance.