Calculate Your IDeal Number
One of the keys to paying the least amount of tax in retirement is to have just the right amount of money in tax-deferred accounts like your 401(k) and IRA when you reach retirement. This is called your ‘Ideal Number’.
Having this ideal amount of money in your pre-tax accounts allows you to take advantage of your standard deduction (the amount of money you don’t have to pay tax on each year) and stay under the IRS thresholds that trigger taxes on things like your Social Security and Medicare. The rest of your retirement savings should be in tax-free type accounts like Roth accounts.
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IDEAL NUMBER CALCULATOR
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