Financial Planning / Retirement Questions

403(b)

Terry – I see advice often from you in the newspaper about 401(k)s. My question is: Is the same advice..

Full time job and effects on SS benefits

Terry, with just my SS payments alone, I will be over the $45,000.00 of income to be taxed and that..

Question about my parents will/ trust

My mother passed away May 14th 2020 and father passed away on December 1st 2024. In the will/trust it says..

Reinvesting your RMD if not needed.

Best way / place to invest RMD? Is a Roth possible?

Full time job and the effects on SS

Hi Terry, I am 69 ( recently laid off) and have a job offer for full time work with a..

Donor Funds

Hi Terry, In your most recent article, you discussed advantages of donor funds and RMD’s. Question is: can contributions to..

Pension Payment

Hi Terry, I just turned 65 and advised I had to start taking my pension payment at 65. I do..

Trust ( Bank requesting the deed )

Hi Terry, my question is this we just set up our trust (on our own). Now the bank needs the..

Annuity

What annuity do you suggest using. I and my wife are 72 with about 3 million in savings. We own..

IRA’s

I have about $250K in Roth IRA, SEP IRA, reg IRA. I’ll be 70 in June. They have done very..

Taking money out of an annuity account

My husband, age 62 is so worried about the upcoming administration’s promises to take away social security & Medicare, that..

Allowed income if you take Social Security

Good Day Terry. I just turned 65. Seasonal worker, April to November. How much money can I earn from payroll..

RMD / Charity

Terry, I am 73 and Fidelity has deposited my RMD into our checking account. Does Fidelity have to send the..

Roth Conversions:

At age 77, I have a large traditional IRA. My goal is to convert this sum to a Roth account...

Social Security withholding

Terry, when do you turn in your W4-V for Social Security? When applying or after you start receiving benefits? Thank..

Will, trust, legal docs

Sorry to bother you but I was wondering if you can recommend a legal firm that can help me in..

Will — can we do it ourselves?

Can one create their own will. There are 2 children involved to a married couple.

Real Estate Ownership

Hi Terry My wife and I had our will drawn up by an attorney, a few years ago. We don’t..

Consolidating investments

Background: Married, retired. I’m 72, wife is 70. 2 adult married sons and 5 grandchildren, 8, 10, 15, 19 &..

RMD

Does all 401k accounts include Roth 401k accts for RMD calculation?

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