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
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