The Power of Zero Podcast
Hosted by David McKnight
Tax rates 10 years from now are likely to be much higher than they are today. Is your retirement plan ready? Learn how to avoid the coming tax freight train and maximize your retirement dollars.
The simple answer to the question of whether or not you can have too much money to get to the 0% tax bracket is no. The thing someone would be afraid of in that regard is paying so much tax in the process that it wouldn’t make sense to try to get...
The Power of Zero paradigm changes a bit when you have a pension. The best case scenario in terms of tax rates that you are going to experience is likely to be while you’re working. Let’s say we have two 60-year-olds that want to retire in 5...
Let’s say we’ve got two 60 year olds that want to retire at the age of 65. They’ve got $300,000 in their taxable bucket, $700,000 in their tax deferred bucket between their IRA’s and 401(k)’s, and nothing in the tax free bucket. The first...
The five key takeaways of The Power of Zero message have evolved considerably, especially since the recent Trump tax cuts. The first takeaway is that tax rates in the future are likely to be dramatically higher than they are today. Politicians are...
When you take social security ultimately comes down to how long you are going to live. If you can accurately predict how long you are going to live you can accurately predict at what age you should draw social security. The question becomes “how do...
You’re saying tax rates are going up, so you mean I’ve done this all wrong? Not necessarily… you want to put money into your tax deferred bucket when the deduction means the most to you, when tax rates are historically high. You want to take...
