Part 5 of The Rule That Taxes Your Retirement. An RMD is income, and income moves other numbers. Medicare sets its IRMAA surcharge from your tax return two years earlier, so a 2026 RMD can raise your 2028 premiums. The first lines, and what it costs a couple to cross one.
Part 4 of The Rule That Taxes Your Retirement. A missed RMD used to cost half of what you should have taken. Today it's 25%, or 10% if you fix it in time, and the IRS can waive it entirely. Why a review before December 31 matters.
Part 3 of The Rule That Taxes Your Retirement. Your RMD is one division: last December's balance divided by a factor from an IRS table. On a $1,000,000 IRA, that's about $37,700 at 73 and about $82,000 at 90. Plus the rules that trip people up.
Part 2 of The Rule That Taxes Your Retirement. For 45 years the starting age was 70½. Now it's 73 or 75, depending on the year you were born. The age ladder, the first-year catch that can mean two RMDs in one year, and the still-working exception.
Part 1 of The Rule That Taxes Your Retirement. At a certain age, the government stops waiting and makes you withdraw from your IRA every year, whether you need the money or not. What a required minimum distribution is, and the deal you made decades ago that started it.
Part 5 of Dental Care in Retirement. Since 2022, a Medicare Advantage plan may pay for routine dental even when your dentist has opted out of Medicare. How networks and out-of-network care work, and six questions to ask before your next visit.
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Part 5 of Dental Care in Retirement. Since 2022, a Medicare Advantage plan may pay for routine dental even when your dentist has opted out of Medicare. How networks and out-of-network care work, and six questions to ask before your next visit.
Part 4 of Dental Care in Retirement. Many Medicare Advantage plans include dental, and a lot of it goes unused. Where to find the dental section in your plan's papers, what 'preventive' and 'comprehensive' really mean, and the limits to look for.
Part 3 of Dental Care in Retirement. Before you sign up for any dental plan, there are other places to look: your own dentist, dental schools and hygiene clinics in the Phoenix area and Las Vegas, community health centers, and Medicaid if you qualify.
Part 2 of Dental Care in Retirement. A dental discount plan and a dental insurance policy work very differently. In our example, the same policy costs $1,780 or $1,155 for the year, depending on when you need the crown.
Part 5 of The Rule That Taxes Your Retirement. An RMD is income, and income moves other numbers. Medicare sets its IRMAA surcharge from your tax return two years earlier, so a 2026 RMD can raise your 2028 premiums. The first lines, and what it costs a couple to cross one.
Part 4 of The Rule That Taxes Your Retirement. A missed RMD used to cost half of what you should have taken. Today it's 25%, or 10% if you fix it in time, and the IRS can waive it entirely. Why a review before December 31 matters.
Part 3 of The Rule That Taxes Your Retirement. Your RMD is one division: last December's balance divided by a factor from an IRS table. On a $1,000,000 IRA, that's about $37,700 at 73 and about $82,000 at 90. Plus the rules that trip people up.
Part 2 of The Rule That Taxes Your Retirement. For 45 years the starting age was 70½. Now it's 73 or 75, depending on the year you were born. The age ladder, the first-year catch that can mean two RMDs in one year, and the still-working exception.
David closed Fiscal Fridays with a picture worth keeping: Medicare is one room in your house, and your income and your family's plan live there too. A simple once-a-year walk through all three rooms.
The thirty-second clock on Fiscal Fridays is David Schaeffer's 1878 Rockford pocket watch. Behind it is a story about railroads, a wreck in Ohio, and a jeweler who made America's watches honest, plus a practical question every family with a watch drawer should answer.
Four real situations, thirty seconds each: a widow who found four accounts she never knew about, a man who sold his company and felt nothing, a couple whose plan is twenty-two years old, and three kids who will not agree. Plus Greg Frantz on thirty years of Medicare. Hayes's thirty-two-minute cut is
The thing that actually splits families isn't the money. It's a ring, a chair, a photo, and the feeling of being left out. Here is how you hand it all down without anyone stopping speaking.
