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My Final Quarterly Webinar Summary of 2024

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As 2024 winds down next week, its time for my final quarterly summary of take-aways from recent personal finance classes, conferences, and webinars that I attended. Also, with tax-deferred retirement plans subject to RMDs, savers are in a partnership with the IRS. paycheck, interest). Investors should also review their portfolio (e.g.,

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Barbservations From Online RMD Webinars

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Last year, I noticed a new trend that has continued into 2023: ads on social media about online financial seminars focused on required minimum distributions (RMDs) and income taxes owed in later life. Unfortunately, some webinars that I viewed were not updated with latest (2022) IRS life expectancy factors.

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Useful Information from 2022 Webinars- Part 2

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As I noted in a previous post , I periodically summarize notes taken from various webinars that I think might be useful to others. Tax Planning - Until 12/31/25, taxes are “on sale.” Nobody has a crystal ball, but we know that tax rates will rise starting in 2026 when the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act expires.

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Barbservations from Three Retirement-Focused Webinars

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I recently attended three webinars related to retirement planning. If taxpayers are near the top of a marginal tax bracket , RMDs can move them up to a higher tax bracket. Use of RMD Withdrawals - A chunk will pay income taxes. Managing income tax and IRMAA income brackets is a key challenge for these taxpayers.

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Ten Tax Planning Tips for 2022

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Now that 2021 income tax season has been over for a month and the dust has settled, it is time to start some serious tax planning for 2022. Planning now provides seven months to take action and/or implement changes to avoid a stressful “tax scramble” at the end of the year. assets that are taxed in different ways).

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Useful Information from Recent Webinars- Part 1

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Every so often, I review my personal “learning journal” and summarize notes taken from various webinars. Taxes in Retirement - Tools for tax control in later life (read: to avoid being clobbered by taxes on RMDs- required minimum distributions) include charitable giving, Roth conversions, and tax diversification (i.e.,

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Useful Information “Nuggets” From 2023 Webinars

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Every few months, I review my personal learning journal and summarize notes taken from various webinars. Below are 12 nuggets of information that I gleaned from 2023 webinars: Getting Going- Some people procrastinate on saving for financial goals because goals seem too big and intimidating.

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