Retirement Planning Education, with Andy Panko Andy Panko

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 )

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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