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Is there a chance the government might decide to change all the rules when it comes to Roth–and throw taxpayers a nasty, expensive curve ball? 

Let’s talk about those “required minimum distributions” (RMDs) that the IRS makes retirees take from their traditional TSPs or IRAs. At Christy Capital Management, we

If you want to cut your taxes now, there are multiple ways to do it.  You can contribute to a traditional retirement account or put

It’s time we talked about RMDs. I don’t mean “Really Messy Desks” or “Rapidly Melting Desserts.” (Though both of those realities are problematic and worth

Talk about a cruel example of adding insult to injury… Your spouse dies. A few months later, while you’re still reeling from grief, your CPA

In this blog post and companion video, I want to address a question someone posted after watching one of our YouTube videos dealing with Roth conversions. 

Many retirees don’t know an important fact. (No, not the fact that “Pickleball resulted in about 67,000 trips to the ER in 2023.”)1 This fact:

Byron thought he was doing “the retirement planning thing” right. He worked hard. He saved diligently. He watched the money in his traditional TSP grow

Susan’s new financial planner just gave her shocking news.  Because of her age, she has to start taking minimum distributions (i.e., withdrawals) from her traditional

Client: If I died with a $425,000 balance in my traditional IRA, that would be good, right?Advisor: Well…yes and no.Client: Okay, but what if I

I was recently listening to “The Great Retirement Debate,” a popular podcast co-hosted by Ed Slott, nationally recognized IRA expert, and Jeffrey Levine, Chief Planning Officer for

Amanda only recently started thinking about saving and investing. Her coworker Elaine has been saving money for years and is close to retirement. Both, however,

What are the worst retirement mistakes? Whether these five are “the worst” is certainly up for debate. (They’re not the only ways you can complicate

There’s a lot of chatter today about Roth conversions. If you’re like most people, you’ve got questions: As a financial planner at Christy Capital Management,

Mention retirement and most federal employees start wondering: All excellent questions! But there are four bigger, more pressing questions you should tackle first. They are:

Craig is confused. His brother is urging him to invest systematically:  “Just have $150 automatically deducted from each paycheck and put into your TSP. Over

Is it possible to have too much taxable money?  Most people today would hear that question and practically scream, “Absolutely NOT! You can NEVER have

Let’s tackle a topic that concerns many retirees:  How–if at all–are Social Security benefits taxed?  This issue sparks a lot of confusion, with some people

Nobody wants to stumble into retirement unprepared.  And at Christy Capital Management, we don’t want that for you. (That’s why our mission is to help

When I’m talking with people about their federal retirement, they often say to me, “I only have a year or two until I retire, and

“Smart!” “Brilliant!” “A no-brainer” “SO glad I did it!” These are the kinds of comments we routinely hear about Roth conversions. However, it’s easy to

Say the phrase “risk in retirement,” and most people will fixate about one thing and one thing only: stock market risk. That is the main

Over dinner friends of yours mention how they’ve recently started taking the money in their traditional IRA and moving or “converting” it into a Roth

Unexpected tax bills or increased tax rates are no fun–especially in retirement.  How can you reduce the taxes you’ll have to pay when you’re no