A Roth IRA is also a tool for retirement planning. You invest your after-tax dollars in a Roth, so when you retire, the withdrawals are tax-free as well.

Your income must be below a certain level to qualify, and you must have earned an income (as opposed to money from pensions, investments, or properties).

In most cases, contributions to traditional IRAs are tax-deductible. So if you put $4,000 into an IRA, your taxable income for the year decreases by that amount. Then, when you withdraw the money in retirement, it is taxed at your ordinary-income tax rate. In that way, your money grows on a tax-deferred basis in a traditional IRA.

 For 2021 and 2022, the annual individual contributions to traditional IRAs cannot exceed $6,000 in most cases. If you are 50 or older, you can contribute up to $7,000 per year

• Traditional IRA. Contributions typically are tax-deductible. You pay no taxes on IRA earnings until retirement, when withdrawals are taxed as income.
•  SEP IRA. Allows an employer, typically a small business or self-employed individual, to make retirement plan contributions into a traditional IRA established in the employee’s name.
•  SIMPLE IRA. Is available to small businesses that do not have any other retirement savings plan. The SIMPLE – which stands for Savings Incentive Match Plan for Employees – IRA allows employer and employee contributions, similar to a 401(k) plan, but with simpler, less costly administration, and lower contribution limits.

A 401k is a tax-advantaged retirement plan that many people open to begin saving money for their retirement. These plans allow money contributed to them to grow tax-deferred. Only the withdrawals from your 401k are taxed, which can provide a big boost to the growth rate of your retirement savings.

Many 401k plans are provided through employers for their workers. Employers will also match contributions that workers make to their funds to increase savings even faster. There are also Individual 401k plans available for freelancers and those who don’t have a 401k set up through their employer.

If you withdraw money from your 401k account before you reach 59 1/2 years old, on top of paying income tax on the capital gain portion, you are also required to pay a penalty of 10% on the amount you want to withdraw.

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It’s a fact: Anyone with a large IRA has a tax problem. If they don’t use it or leverage it, they will likely lose a significant portion to future taxes. A properly designed, Indexed Universal Life Insurance (IUL) policy offers tax advantages no other single product can provide.

An IUL, indexed universal life insurance, is a cash-value insurance policy that benefits from tax-free market gains without the risk of loss during market downturns. In addition, it allows for the initial investment to be secure with the promise of conservative returns in the future.

During your lifetime, an IUL insurance policy can accumulate cash value. Part of the premiums you pay is allocated to a cash-value account.

That account tracks the performance of an underlying stock index, such as the Nasdaq or S&P 500 Composite Price Index. As the index moves up or down, the insurance company credits the cash value portion of your policy each year with interest.