Saturday, January 12, 2013

It's Not Early For Retirement Planning

By Mary R. Joyce


It is a fact that we will reach a point in our lives where we all need to retire from our professions. You dream of a life where you will just enjoy traveling and having fun for the remainder of your life but keep in mind that there is a cost that comes with it. Remember that you won't have regular income coming in and your expenses will just keep on pouring in. This means that we need to plan on how to save our money in a systematic way in order to enjoy it later on. Most individuals ask themselves why they need to have retirement planning. This is important because you need some sort of security when you reach the age of retirement. You can start to have one as early as your twenties. If you plan your finances at an early point in your life, you are most likely to have fewer financial commitments. You will be able to have a huge bank of resources by the time you retire when you start early.

It is always beneficial if we have extra credits for surprises. We must consider the inflations when we really want to enjoy life when we get old. What we earn now no matter how big it might be, could just be enough when our time to retire comes. Focusing on this plan would require intensive process and wise planning for years. Many people know that taking this plan seriously means being persistent with the process as well. Managing a retirement is a continuous obligation even until it is already attainable. It would require the planner's patience and wise management.

Planning early will come in useful in the latter part of your life and it will also help you minimize the burdens that you will have financially during your life as a retiree. You can also benefit from the services from the financial planners. These experts will be able to guide you on how to find the right methods that will help you reach your requirements.Cooperation is the key to successful retirement planning for couples. Many couples get themselves into trouble because one spouse or partner handles all of the investments and retirement planning. This is a terrible mistake because at some point that individual may not be available to take care of those chores.

Another time, a 55 year old retires from his company with a million dollars in a retirement plan. The advisor recommends using an IRC Code 72(t) election for the entire million dollars. Only a fraction of that money was needed for cash flow between ages 55 and 59. The result of the faulty advice was unnecessary massive acceleration of income taxes between ages 55 and 59. The appropriate response would have been to make an IRC 72(t) election for part of the IRA, not all of it.

Retirement Planning is a Family Affair.Even if one spouse normally takes care of the retirement investments both need to be in a position to take charge of them. This means both spouses need basic information that can let them take over the investments and funds at a moments' notice. This information includes:The names and contact information for all of the professionals used including retirement planners, financial advisors, insurance agents, brokers, accountants, tax preparers and attorneys.

You see, everyone is so sketchy with their personal information, and so busy hiding everything so that it won't get stolen from identity thieves, hackers, or the next fraudulent scam artist that they don't always give the financial planner all the information they need to make a competent decision and come up with a workable strategy. Of course, you cannot do retirement planning unless you ask all the questions, and those questions must be answered by the client truthfully and honestly. If not, everyone is wasting their time and it would be impossible to come up with the best possible plan.

The basic information about all the insurance policies and annuities you have. Both spouses should know the names of the insurance companies they hold policies with and know how to contact them. You should have a list of all the policies and numbers written down.If you use any sort of financial advisor or retirement planner spouses should meet with that individual. Both of you should know how to get in touch with that person and know what financial decisions he or she is making.Legal Considerations.It is not just enough to know where all of the money and paperwork is.

Of course, the financial advisor can indeed advise against it, but there is no way they can stop the individual from making a stupid decision or investing in a bad financial vehicle. It happens all the time. Worse, often these folks get themselves into trouble, lose a huge amount of their money, and then they call a financial advisor to help them fix everything. Unfortunately, often it becomes too late, and they just don't have enough money in their nest egg to retire on schedule or live comfortably in that retirement.If they only have a little bit of money left over after a bad financial hit, often the financial consultant doesn't even want to deal with them because the cost of compliance in taking on a new client is just too great, and there's not enough commission or fees to make it worth their while. Be sure to be honest with your strategic retirement planning expert. Indeed I hope you will please consider all this and think on.




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