Nobody (really) Knows How Much Is In Their 401k
Because you have a silent partner who can change the rules on your at ANY TIME!
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You can open the statement to your 401k right now and tell me how much is in there, but do you REALLY know how much of that is yours?
The reality is that taking money out of your 401k is taxable event (and one with a lot of variables and unknowns).
One thing we know for sure is that Uncle Sam will take his cut BEFORE you get to take yours.
This can make planning for retirement a bit more challenging.
For example, what tax bracket are YOU going to be in in retirement?
You may start in a lower tax bracket, but if the market does well and your 401k grows, the required minimum distributions that you must take out of your 401k could force you into a higher tax bracket…. Or worse, the highest tax bracket!
What does that mean? It simply means that it’s going to require MORE MONEY to provide the same lifestyle in retirement.
This leads me to another HUGE unknown in retirement planning…. Tax rates.
Does anybody really know what tax rates are going to be when they retire?
I can speculate, but I certainly don’t know for sure.
Looking at the economic situation of the United States, it is incredibly unlikely that tax rates will go down (they just can’t), which means that the balance you see in your 401k is going to continue to be slashed and eroded away with every single tax increase we see as you approach retirement.
I know this isn’t the news you were hoping for, but the good news is that there are ways to combat this.
I talk about this all the time on YouTube, Instagram, and TikTok, but if you can start repositioning some of your retirement assets, you can create a tax-free retirement.
This means that you get to keep a lot more of the money YOU saved, PLUS you don’t have this huge tax-risk looming over your head.
When most of your money is locked into a 401k you are at the mercy of the federal government.
They can change the tax rates overnight and wipe out a large portion of your savings (it’s not fair, and I would love to get on a soapbox about it, but it’s just the reality of retirement planning right now).
The good news is that while this may seem difficult to address, it’s really not.
Especially, if you have some time before you are required to take money out of your 401k (you now have until age 73 because of the Secure Act 2.0)
You just need to be strategic, leaving only enough in your 401k to be offset with your standard deduction in retirement.
Then, you reposition the remaining balance of your 401k into a bucket that doesn’t have a tax liability in retirement (there are many vehicles in which to do this), but if you do this correctly, you can prevent your social security and other guaranteed income sources from being taxed as well… (hello, tax-free income!)
The timing of doing something like this largely depends on your situation, but let’s chat and see what the best way is for you to achieve a tax-free retirement!
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