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Today on Your Money, Your Wealth® podcast 397, a compilation of some of the retirement plan spitballing from Joe Anderson, CFP®, and Big Al Clopine, CPA specifically for those in their 40s and 50s - a critical time on the path to retirement. Is your financial plan set up so you pay as little tax as possible? Does it take volatile markets and potential future tax increases into account? Have you got a strategy nailed down for Roth conversions, or backdoor Roth, or pension options? Maybe you’re making big decisions about what to do with your money between now and when you retire, like buying a house vs. saving for retirement? Are you comfortable with the retirement lifestyle you’re creating? Do you know what you’ll do with your time once you’re permanently off the clock? Visit the podcast show notes to access free financial resources and transcript, and to Ask Joe & Big Al On Air: 00:00 - Intro 01:13 - Should I Get a Roth IRA Even Though I'm Highly Taxed? (Laura, Los...

Today on Your Money, Your Wealth® podcast 328 with Joe Anderson, CFP® and Big Al Clopine, CPA: Roth 401(k) contributions and "Megatron" (er, mega backdoor) Roth contributions for highly compensated employees, and the Roth conversion strategy of filling the tax bracket. Plus, moving a pension to an investment plan, owning real estate in a self-directed IRA, paying off the mortgage vs. refinancing your house, spousal vs. survivor Social Security benefits, and rolling a whole life insurance policy to a variable annuity. Access the YMYW podcast show notes and Ask Joe & Al on air: 00:00 - Intro 01:13 - We Have $6M Retirement Savings and $475K Gross Income. Should We Contribute to Roth 401(k)? (Dan, NYC) 05:52 - Highly Compensated Employee “Megatron” Roth Contributions: Do These People Have Rocks in their Heads? (Nick, OH) 16:23 - Is Filling the Tax Bracket the Best Roth Conversion Strategy? (JR, Charlotte, NC) 27:30 - Should I Move My Pension to an Investment Plan...

Today on Your Money, Your Wealth® podcast 403 with Joe Anderson, CFP® and Big Al Clopine, CPA, following the Fed’s fourth consecutive interest rate hike last week, should you be changing your investing strategy to time this inflationary market, moving from bonds to 3-year annuity CDs? Plus, Joe and Big Al spitball on asset location and Roth conversions for the in-laws, and a net unrealized appreciation (NUA) strategy for company stock in a 401(k). They also discuss whether extra home mortgage payments are part of an investment portfolio, and what real estate expenses are tax deductible. Show notes, free financial resources, transcript, Ask Joe & Big Al On Air: 00:00 - Intro 00:48 - Inflation Investing Strategy: 3-Year Annuity CD Vs. Bonds 12:58 - How to Invest When Inflation is Raging - Read the Blog: Download Pursuing a Better Investment Experience Guide: 13:24 - Net Unrealized Appreciation NUA Strategy for Company Stock in My 401(k)? (Bob, Medina, OH) 20:24 - Should...

Contribute to Non-Deductible IRA or Post-Tax Brokerage? (Allen) In the past, while working, I typically made too much salary to contribute to a Roth IRA, or get a deduction for a regular IRA contribution. Therefore, I made annual contributions to a non-deductible IRA, and I have been keeping track of the basis, so that I don't pay taxes on the non-deductible contributions, when I decide to start taking withdrawals. MY QUESTION - In general, does contributing to a non-deductible IRA make sense vs. post tax contribution to a brokerage account, given that the non-basis portion of the IRA will be taxed as income, when I take a distribution, vs. only paying long term capital gains on any money invested in a brokerage account? Seems like my income tax rate will be lower than capital gains rate, when I start withdrawing money from the IRA, but who knows where tax rates will be, in 15 years!!!!! I understand that our friends in DC are looking to increase capital gains rates to eq...

"Hi Joe, Al and the Great and Powerful Andi! Regarding Podcast 391 at 23:54, 32-year-old Mike said he made his Roth $6000 "contribution" through a back door "conversion". Maybe I am off-base here, but I wonder if there is some confusion related to the conversion and contribution terms. His income for a "contribution" was too high for a direct Roth contribution. However; if he is converting to a ROTH IRA, that's a different story and he should NOT mark it on his taxes as a "contribution" because it is a conversion. The $6000 limit is also for a contribution but not a conversion. For Mike's sake, in case there is confusion on the terminology, can you explain the differences between ROTH contributions and their limits (income/contribution) compared to a ROTH conversion with limits (income/conversion NOT "contribution")? Thanks, Nancy" Listen to the entire Your Money, Your Wealth® podcast: Download the Comple...

"Hello, love the show! My wife and I are 41, have 4 kids, I drive a 2020 Nissan Altima and we have a cat. I have a rollover IRA worth about $315k, Roth IRA of about $100k and a 401k at work of about $125k. My wife has a $18k Rollover IRA and a $75k Roth IRA. We also have a taxable brokerage account worth $125k. We make too much to do a Roth contribution. We plan to convert her rollover IRA to her Roth and pay the taxes from our brokerage account. My question is, can we convert my wife's rollover IRA to her Roth IRA and also contribute to a non-deductible IRA and convert that to a Roth (backdoor style) in the same year or do we have to wait until next year to do the backdoor? Thanks again Ben, Fargo ND" Listen to the entire Your Money, Your Wealth® podcast: Download the Complete Roth Papers Package, including the Ultimate Guide to Roth IRAs, the 5 Year Rules for Roth IRA Withdrawals, and the Roth IRA Basics Guide: Pure Financial Advisors, LLC is a fee-only...

Today on Your Money, Your Wealth® podcast 321 with Joe Anderson, CFP® and Big Al Clopine, CPA: is selling rental property to buy a variable annuity a good risk management strategy against sequence of return and interest rate risks? Small-cap vs. emerging markets: which has better risk-adjusted returns for market volatility? Are eREITs (non-traded real estate investment trusts) a good retirement investment? Is RPAR Risk Parity ETF a good inflation hedge? Should you do tax gain harvesting in declining financial markets? Access the transcript and resources, ask money questions: 00:00 - Intro 01:18 - Should I Sell Rental Property and Buy a Variable Annuity, Since Bonds Will Lose Value as Interest Rates Increase? (Tom, Lynwood, WA) 15:10 - What Do You Think of eREITs? (Jim, Santa Cruz, CA) 18:00 - Inflation: Should I Invest in RPAR Risk Parity ETF? (Mo, Orange County) 24:39 - Emerging Markets vs Small-Cap: Which Has Better Risk-Adjusted Return? Should I Get Rid of My Variable An...

Question: Jon, VA - Hi Joe and Big Al, love your show and listen regularly. I am 53, I have no debt and recently retired. I was a franchisee of one fast food restaurant that I sold in December for $5.3 million dollars!! I have that money invested but my question is about my 401k money. Due to the sale of the business I recently had to close down my company 401k plan . I transferred my 401k money to an IRA with a local investment company. I had $733,811 in my 401k when I moved it to an IRA. I met with my advisor today and that due to my age I may want to consider doing a backdoor Roth conversion. Tax free growth and no required minimum distribution (RMD) sounds GREAT but I am having trouble swallowing the tax that would be due if I did this. Taxes would be somewhere in the $330,000 range. Is this a smart thing to do or should I do it in smaller amounts so I could stay in a lower tax bracket. I am not sure what my income will be in the years ahead other than I do have a couple ...

"Hey, Joe and Big Al this is Kyle from Georgia. My question is regarding some money that I have from an old employer 401k. So it's about $200,000 and it's all pre-tax. And when I left that employer, I moved it to my personal IRA. So my question is twofold. One, I can do Roth conversions on that money? We did it for the first time this year, and we were able to withstand the tax burden and we're in a high tax bracket and above the income limit to do regular Roth contributions. My other option is to take all that $200,000 and now I have access to my new employers 401k. If I should roll it there? And the reason being is I guess that the 200,000 is now sitting in a pre-tax account in my IRA, I can no longer make backdoor contributions, so no longer can put the 6,000 in and, and do a backdoor. So I'm wondering what you think is best. If I should just leave it there and continue to, I guess, Chunk at it till it's down to zero in, in all Roth, cuz that's...

On Your Money, Your Wealth® podcast #314 with Joe Anderson, CFP® and Big Al Clopine, CPA: Are you eligible to make a backdoor Roth IRA conversion? Is it allowed? Is it taxed? How does a Roth 401(k) different from a Roth IRA? Can you buy a family member’s condo for below market value then rent it back to them? Can you max out a family member's Roth each year? Can you file 2020 taxes even though you haven't received IRS form 1098 yet? How can you diversify your portfolio into more international investments? How do capital gains "ride on top" of ordinary income again? And finally, a correction regarding Social Security deeming rules. Access the transcript and financial resources, ask your money questions: 00:00 - Intro 01:00 - Can I Do a Backdoor Roth Conversion? (Nick, Huntington Beach, CA) 09:11 - Is a Backdoor Roth Conversion Taxed? (René) 12:56 - We Make too Much to Contribute to Roth. Are Backdoor and Mega Backdoor Roth Strategies Allowed? (Jane, Michiga...

On Your Money, Your Wealth® podcast #297 with Joe Anderson, CFP® and Big Al Clopine, CPA: What is the MEGA backdoor Roth IRA conversion and should you do one? How do you create retirement income for the gap between retiring at 66 and taking Social Security at 70 and RMDs at 72? Joe and Big Al also answer a question on the taxation of an overseas inheritance, and they discuss your comments. Access the episode transcript and financial resources and send in your money questions to be answered on the YMYW podcast: 00:53 - Roth Conversion or Retirement Income in Gap Years? 07:01 - Mega Backdoor Roth IRA Conversion 17:42 - Mega Backdoor Roth IRA Conversion 24:46 - Taxation on Overseas Inheritance? 30:47 - Comment: FIRE YMYW TV Episode 32:20 - Comment: Don't Call it the Backdoor Roth Show Schedule a free assessment with any one of our CFP® professionals, either online or at one of our financial planning offices in San Diego, Brea, Irvine, and Woodland Hills, California: Sub...

“If I contribute to my SEP IRA this year, it will bump me down a tax bracket. How do I weigh that against long-term benefits of contributing to my Roth instead?” - Glen, Mira Mesa, CA Download the Retirement Readiness Guide: Watch the full episode of Your Money, Your Wealth TV - Key Steps to Financial Freedom: How to Improve Your Retirement Readiness: Pure Financial Advisors, LLC is a fee-only Registered Investment Advisor providing comprehensive retirement planning services and tax-optimized investment management to thousands of people across the nation. Schedule a free assessment with any one of our experienced financial professionals: Office locations: Ask Joe & Big Al On Air: Subscribe to our YouTube channel: Subscribe to the Your Money, Your Wealth® podcast: IMPORTANT DISCLOSURES: • Investment Advisory and Financial Planning Services are offered through Pure Financial Advisors, LLC, a Registered Investment Advisor. • Pure Financial Advisors LLC does no...