Tax Free Retirement
“Tax Free Retirement will show you how to avoid 9 common Financial Landmines, teach you how to generate tax-free retirement income, explain how to muultiply your IRA two or three fold for future generations and help you leave a lasting legacy beyond your wildest imagination.”
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Tax Free Retirement,
I am not an insurance agent or an affluent investor, but was given this book by my financial advisor who wanted me to make up my own mind on utilizing a Univeral Life Insurance policy for more than just the death benefit.
I was very suspicious at first, wondering why he did not just direct me towards a mutual fund or something more ‘sophisticated sounding.’
This book was very easy to comprehend and a breath of fresh air.
Kelly doesen’t talk over your head, and for once financial advice that makes perfect sense.
Every hardworking person (middle class especially)should read this book.
We are spoon fed our retirement options (401k’s and 403b’s) and we HOPE that we are doing what’s in the best interest of our family and our future.
Kelly asked one question in this book that sent bells off in my head: (paraphrasing) Based on the current and potential future tax implications why is saving all my money in a Tax Deferred account a good thing? Furhter, who’s retirement am I saving for, mine or the governments?
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Universal Life Insurance is Patrick Kelly’s answer to a “Tax-Free Retirement” if you earn over $160,000 and want to save more than $4,000 per year. He says a Roth IRA is better if you save less than $4,000 a year, have no need for life insurance and are close to retirement. Individuals who are close to retirement may not have enough time before the withdrawal phase to properly fund the insurance option.
Kelly says Universal Life Insurance can be structured to work similar to a Roth IRA as the taxes are paid upfront from your paycheck. Both generate interest, allow tax-free withdrawals of earnings after 59½ , don’t require minimum withdrawals after age 70½ and the account can be passed on to heirs where they won’t owe a penny of tax.
The LIVING benefits of Universal Life Insurance are many. Clients can take out a loan against the cash value with little or no interest and do not need to pay it back during their lifetime as long as they stay under the contribution maximum. This means the first amount of money withdrawn can come out tax-free as a withdrawal up to the total contribution amount. The rest of the money can be taken out as a loan (tax free) from the insurance company for ½ % to 0% interest. (The client is charged 5% interest for the loan and their Life Insurance Policy earns 5% interest.) Since it’s a tax-free death benefit it is important that the policy stay in force until the client’s death. If the life insurance is used properly there is no need for record keeping or tax forms.
Kelly also shows how to avoid the nine common financial landmines: Planning, procrastination, interest, instant gratification, following the masses, inertia, get rich quick, lack of generosity, acting as if there’s no future.
I wish I’d read this book sooner. I’d have chosen a Roth over a traditional IRA.
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