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 Social Security into being taxed and drives your Medicare premiums higher.

And the kicker?
Once RMDs start, conversions do not count.
That means you could be taxed twice in the same year.

This is why Roth conversions are not optional.
They are a timing game.

Wait too long, and the system bleeds you from every angle.
Move early, and you decide what tax bill you pay not the IRS.