CHAPTER SIX You know what many of you probably have never considered before? The impact of taxes on your retirement. I’ m shocked as I speak to savers across the country and gain a sense of how few of us have thought long-ter m on taxes: How much we might pay, and what we can do to reduce that amount. In fact, I consider it the silent retirement risk: No one talks about taxes, but everyone is impacted by them. W Taxes. Taxes. Taxes. By Becky Ruby Swansburg e’ve now come to my favorite part of planning a long-game retirement: Taxes. It’s not becaus e I love taxes . In f act, I d on’t enjoy the m much at all. I hate owing them, and I hate paying them. Rather , it’s because this is the chapter wher e I get to tr y to fundamentally change the way you think about retirement. Marty and Neil are extremely smart, and their chapters have given you insight into aspects of the market and income you perhaps hadn’t cons idered bef or e. But, most of you at least think about market forces wh en planning for retirement. Most of you have considered how t o make your income last a lifetime.
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