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5
questions to ask yourself about your current plan:
- Do you or your spouse have a pension at
work?
- Do you invest in RRSPs?
- Are you aware of what your tax rate might
be in retirement?
- Do you know what your after tax retirement
income will be?
- Has your current investment advisor shown
you the end result of your investing efforts?
A
word about tax, well it's the biggest bill you will every
pay in your life and the better you do financially the more
you'll pay. Nice hun? Well since we can't change the fact
you'll pay tax I suggest you learn to minimize it, especially
in retirement.
Most
people are unaware of the fact that with as little as 10 years
left until retirement they can change their starts. You can
influence how you take your income in retirement now, while
you are still working, and how you take that income means
everything as far as tax goes. So if you answered yes to question
1 & 2 or can't comfortably questions 3-5 its time to make
a change. Like I said tax is your biggest bill of your life
and you don't want tax to mean you can't retire or worse you
can't stay retired.
Take
the time and effort now when you are still working to make
simple changes
that will enrich your retirement later on.
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