Holy Schmidt!® Unfiltered: High Impact Solutions You Won’t Find on Social Media → Read More

Tag: Required Minimum Distributions (RMDs)

Roth Conversions After RMD Age: The Rule You Must Follow First

If you’re old enough to take required minimum distributions, there’s a strict order you have to follow before you convert any money to a Roth IRA. Once you reach the age when the IRS requires withdrawals ...

Your RMD Isn’t Just a Tax Bill. It Raises Your Medicare Premium.

Most people know a required minimum distribution adds to their tax bill. Fewer know it can also raise their Medicare premium. The money you pull from a traditional IRA or 401(k) counts as income, and if ...

Here’s Everything You Need to Know About Qualified Charitable Distributions

Most retirees who give to charity get zero tax benefit for it. None. They write the check, the charity cashes it, and at tax time the standard deduction swallows the whole thing. Meanwhile, a qualified charitable ...

Delaying Social Security? Watch the RMD Tax Trap

Delaying Social Security past your full retirement age earns you an 8% raise for every year you wait, up to age 70. That part of the story gets told constantly, and it’s true. What gets told ...