Why Plan for Retirement?

Retirement planning  is more important that ever, considering longer life spans, Long Term Care  needs and potential Medicare cut backs.   Employer Pension plans are great but many are  being cut back ^{L.A Times}  or converted to 401k rather than defined benefit.  So, it’s more and more important to save on your own. 

Check  the links below email [email protected] or call us 310.519.1335 on various ways to increase your savings for retirement as Social Security is only considered the BASE for  retirement benefits (estimator)

If you ever worked for a company or put money into a plan, but do not remember where it is, etc. try these ideas to locate your missing retirement funds.

Resources & Links

• Jackson National Retire on Purpose Resources
• Save for your Future.org
• Wade Pfau Retirement Blog
• Retire Stronger.com
• Nolo – IRA, 401k and other retirement plans
• AIG Retire Stronger
• $1 Million isn’t enough CNBC
• Save it like you mean it – Money Geek
• Smart Spending in Retirement
• ‘‘Securing a Strong Retirement Act of 2022’’
• Secure Act 19 page explanation Covisum
• 

Defined Benefit Plans

Daily Breeze Article on San Diego’s unfunded liability

“America’s Finest City” is in a fine mess. Its unfunded pension liability — the gap between the value of its pension assets and its obligation to retirees — stood at $1.17 billion at the end of January. It faces anadditionalshortfall of $545 million for retiree medical benefits.The seaside city of 1.3 million people would need to double its pension contribution to $259 million next year — or about one-tenth of its annual budget — just to avoid falling further behind, said April Boling, who heads Mayor Dick Murphy’s Pension Reform Committee. That’s more than three times what it spends on parks and seven times what it gives libraries.

Later retirement age proposed

Boling, who is also Murphy’s campaign treasurer, isn’t shying away from the b-word. She says the city will need to sell $600 million in bonds over three years and raise the retirement age to 62 from 55, among other things. “If the city doesn’t follow our recommendations, we will be headed toward bankruptcy,” Boling said. “That is a fact.”

Related Pages in Pension and Retirement 

• Benefits of Retirement Planning & Effect on MAGI Income
  • Annuities & MAGI Income Taxation Exemption
    • Jackson National
    • TSA-Teacher Retirement Plans – Tax Sheltered Annuities
  • Business – Employer Sponsored Retirement Plans
    • CalSavers Mandate vs Private Pension Plan
      • Cal Savers Mass Email
    • Selling and Valuation of an Insurance Practice?
    • SEP – Simplified Employee Pension
  • IRA – Individual Retirement Account Tax Deductible & Roth
  • Social Security – Retirement Benefits – Survivors – When?
    • Social Security Benefits MAGI Covered CA Income Subsidies