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Retirement financial advisor

You have saved, but you need a yearly spending number and an order to draw on each account. Your planner sets both, and our CPAs check the tax cost.

Social Security, RMD and Medicare ages

Retirement spending plan

A retirement financial advisor starts with what your household spends in a year. Your planner uses that figure, your savings and your income sources to build a plan.

You see a spending range and, for each level, the earliest year you can stop working and what you would leave to your heirs.

Your planner tests the plan against a long life and a falling market. As you near retirement, your planner keeps a year of spending in cash and other low risk holdings.

How retirement income is taxed

The IRS taxes pensions, Social Security, traditional accounts, Roth accounts and brokerage sales under different rules. Our CPAs act as your retirement tax advisor and project the tax on each account each year. Your planner then sets the withdrawal order around your target tax bracket and the taxable part of your Social Security.

In a Roth conversion, you move money from a traditional IRA to a Roth IRA and pay income tax on the converted amount that year. You withdraw from the Roth tax free after age 59½, once the account is five years old.

  • Social SecurityIRS taxes up to 85%, based on income
  • PensionIRS taxes it, except money you paid in after tax
  • Traditional 401(k) or IRAOrdinary income tax on the untaxed part of each withdrawal
  • Roth IRANo tax on a qualified withdrawal
  • Brokerage accountIRS taxes yearly income, and gains when you sell

Very thorough and honest. They will work diligently to put you in the best position possible for the current and future years.

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A retirement planning advisor inside a CPA firm

DecisionAdvisor without a CPA teamDimov Tax
Roth conversion sizeYou confirm the bracket with your preparerYour planner and our CPAs size it together
Withdrawal orderYou take the tax projection to your advisorOur CPAs project the tax before your planner sets it
Tax returnA separate firm files itOur CPAs can file it

How to start your retirement plan

  1. Book a consultation

    Pick a time and tell us the year you want to stop working.

  2. Send your numbers

    Last year’s tax return, account statements and your Social Security or pension estimates.

  3. Review your plan

    Your planner walks you through the plan, the withdrawal order and your first moves.

Cost of a retirement financial advisor

  • Accounts and income

    We price the plan by the accounts, pensions and income sources you bring, and you approve the fee before we start.

  • Retirement income reviews

    After you retire, your planner works as a financial advisor for retirees, reviewing withdrawals and RMDs each year.

  • Coordination

    We also price in the time your attorney or other advisors need from your planner.

These are the factors, not a quote.

A big piece of financial planning people get wrong is how much they need to retire based on their individual spending.

Achim von Bodman, CFP®

Meet the Dimov Tax team

Our team includes CPAs and Enrolled Agents who work on individual returns, business taxes and tax planning. Tell us what you need help with when you get in touch.

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