What happens during a retirement planning engagement?
Retirement planning functions at an optimum level when the tasks pay attention to a transparent sequence and each choice has a tax check attached. Here is how our team generally runs it:
- Discovery — goals, ideal retirement lifestyle, retirement date range, key worries and what success looks like — including any giving or legacy goals
- Preferences — how often you want touchpoints, your preferred format and any prior advisor experience — what you liked and disliked
- Data review — accounts, benefits, income items and expenses, dependents and the latest tax return
- Scenario modeling — compare options like retire at 62 vs 67
- Action list — contribution targets & account moves and a withdrawal order
- Annual check-in — update after life changes and each tax season