❓Find out the impact of RMDs on your retirement: https://q3.link/rmd-calculator Webinar: How The Big Beautiful Bill Changed Everything - http://learn.craigwear.com/op/obbb Most CPAs and advisors will tell you to “just convert your IRA up to the top of your current tax bracket and stop.” Sounds safe, right? Unfortunately, that advice is…
People see the new GOP tax law and think: “Why pay taxes now? Rates are low. Just wait.” That thinking will destroy retirements. Because these tax brackets expire in 2028. And history says tax rates rarely go down. They go up. So if you wait until after 2028, every conversion…
Seniors cheer a new $6,000 deduction. Twelve thousand for couples. It looks like a gift. But it hides a trap. Because Roth conversions count as income. Convert too much, and your deduction disappears. Push your income too high, and the deduction vanishes entirely. So the very move that could save…
Roth conversions save millions in taxes for the people who do them right. But two mistakes destroy the benefit. Mistake one: doing nothing. You keep money in a traditional IRA and tell yourself you will deal with taxes later. Later arrives, and the IRS takes more than you imagined. Mistake…
Everyone wants to know the number. For 2025, it is 7,000. Eight if you are over 50. And yet, knowing the number means nothing if you never use it. Because the Roth IRA is not about this year. It is about what happens when forty years of compounding collide with…
Your 401k used to be simple. Stocks, bonds, index funds. Safe. Boring. Predictable. Now it is not. A new order opened the door to hedge funds, private credit, venture capital, crypto. Assets that used to be reserved for the ultra-wealthy are suddenly available. The upside? Diversification. Inflation protection. The chance…
There are only two roads in retirement. You either pay taxes every year for the rest of your life. Or you pay once and never again. A traditional 401k kicks the can down the road. You skip taxes today, but you sign a blank check to the IRS tomorrow. And…
❓Find out the impact of RMDs on your retirement: https://q3.link/rmd-calculator Watch This Before Starting Your Roth Conversion in 2025 Thinking about doing a Roth conversion in 2025? Before you move a single dollar, watch this video. A Roth conversion can either save you hundreds of thousands in taxes or cost…
Most people think they are smart when they open a Roth IRA. They feel safe because their money is “growing tax free.” But here is the punchline. If you just put in cash and walk away, nothing grows. That money is sitting in a glorified savings account. Zero compounding. Zero…
The IRS is playing a waiting game with your retirement money. And most people will lose because they wait too long to act. Here is the truth. Once required minimum distributions begin, you lose control. Your low-tax years vanish. Every forced withdrawal becomes taxable income. And worse, it pushes your…
High earners are told they cannot use a Roth IRA. The wealthy ignore that rule. They use a backdoor Roth. Put money into a traditional IRA with no deduction. Convert it into a Roth. Now it grows tax free forever. It is legal. Congress approved it in 2010. And it…
The worst mistake in your 20s is not debt or bad spending. It is skipping a Roth IRA. Because every dollar you put in now compounds tax free for decades. Eight hundred today can turn into thousands later. Forty years of growth only works if you start. Future you either…
Most people know Roth IRAs are tax free. What they do not know is the five year rule. To take out earnings tax free, your Roth must be open at least five years and you must be fifty nine and a half. Conversions start their own five year clock. Inherited…
You think you have a million in your 401k. You do not. Because the IRS is your silent partner. You have not paid taxes yet. That means every dollar is negotiable depending on future tax rates you cannot control. Take it early and you pay income tax plus a 10…
❓Find out the impact of RMDs on your retirement: https://q3.link/rmd-calculator Will a Roth conversion raise your Medicare premiums? That’s one of the biggest concerns I hear from people nearing or already in retirement. In this video, I’ll walk you through how Roth conversions can impact your Medicare costs 💊, why…
Most people open a Roth IRA and still lose money. Here is why. First mistake is over contributing. Go past the limit and you pay a 6 percent penalty every single year until you fix it. Second mistake is pulling earnings before you hit fifty nine and a half or…
Most people underestimate what a Roth IRA can actually do. Ten dollars a month for forty years barely breaks thirty two thousand. Fifty a month turns into one hundred sixty thousand. But if you fully max out at seven thousand a year, compounding turns you into a tax free millionaire.…
The biggest mistake people make with IRAs is thinking they are all the same. They are not. With a Roth you pay taxes now, but every dollar you pull in retirement is tax free. With a Traditional you skip taxes today, but you pay later when you withdraw. If you…
Most people think a Roth IRA is a locked box until retirement. It is not. You can always take out your contributions tax free. Why? Because you already paid taxes on that money going in. If you put in seventy thousand over ten years and it grew to one hundred…
Most people think cashing out a 401k just means less money in the account. What they do not realize is that it triggers a tax bomb. I met someone who drained hers twice. She thought it was the withdrawals that ruined her credit. It was not. It was the IRS…
Waiting until 72 to withdraw your retirement money? Probably a mistake. That’s exactly what the tax code wants you to do. Wait longer, build a bigger balance, pay a bigger tax bill. It is not about helping you. It is about collecting more tax. You can withdraw at 59.5 with…
The biggest mistake with Roth conversions? Timing. People think they have until April 2026. They do not. That deadline is for contributions. Conversions must be completed by December 31st, 2025. No grace period. No extensions. And custodians get slammed at year-end, which means even earlier cutoffs. Miss the cutoff, miss…
❓Find out the impact of RMDs on your retirement: https://q3.link/rmd-calculator When Will Your Roth Conversion Pay For Itself Are you staring at a big tax bill 💸 from doing a Roth conversion and wondering, “When will this actually pay off?” In this video, I break down the timeline ⏱, the…
A 401k is not an investment. It is a tax rule. Specifically, Section 401(k) of the IRS code. It just tells the government how your investments are taxed. Roth 401k — you pay taxes now, and it grows tax-free. Traditional 401k — you defer taxes until later. Same account. Different…
