When you retire, the typical paycheck from your employer stops coming, but your income needs do not necessarily stop coming.
Instead, you may start to rely on your investment portfolio to replace your salary with standard withdrawals called remittances. This remittance is a combination of interest income from bonds, dividend income from stocks, and capital appreciation from the portfolio.
Your Moneta advisor can help you optimize your remittance strategy based on your assets, age, income sources, tax considerations, risk tolerance, and other factors.
Tax Strategy
The rules for withdrawing from retirement accounts can be complex.
At a high level, we recommend drawing down taxable accounts first, followed by tax-deferred accounts while saving tax-free accounts last.
At a more tactical level, there may be nuances to your specific situation that affect the optimal timing and execution of withdrawing from certain accounts.
We can work with the goal of making sure you don’t miss any details or opportunities while helping you navigate this process, as well as trying to help you avoid moving into a higher tax bracket or disrupting your asset allocation as a result.
Income Strategy
Remittance isn’t necessarily the only source of retirement income replacing your salary. There are other sources that can come with their own nuances and decision points, so consider an advisor who can help discern which option is best for your circumstances. Here are a couple of examples:
- Pensions and retirement packages: You may have a choice between a lump sum payout or monthly payments, which can be taken immediately or delayed.
- Social Security: From age 62 to 70, your social security benefits increase each year you wait to collect, but there are also situations where it may make sense to claim at the earlier end.
Investment Strategy
The sobering reality of retirement is we don’t know how long it will last. Even with a remittance strategy in place to cover your short-term needs, it’s important to maintain a portfolio with enough growth potential to sustain through a time horizon that may end up longer than expected – especially given the context of current inflation, interest rates, and market volatility.
As you draw down your retirement accounts, we may be able to help with the effort to diversify and optimize your asset allocation in light of your circumstances, market conditions, and other factors.
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