Big Picture Retirement®

Answering listener questions is becoming our favorite episode to record. Today we go back to the voicemail to answer several questions on Social Security.

Want to ask Devin or John your question? Just visit https://www.bigpictureretirement.com/ and look for the tab on the right side that says "Send A Voicemail."

Although this show does not provide specific tax, legal, or financial advice, you can engage Devin or John through their individual firms.

Contact Devin's team at https://www.carrolladvisory.com/

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Finding the right tax advisor can be a frustrating experience. Today, we talk to Steven Jarvis, CPA about the steps you should take when looking for a new advisor to help you with taxes.

Steven is the owner of Retirement Tax Services and aims to bridge the gap between tax professionals, financial advisors, and their mutual clients to help reduce most people's largest expense in retirement: taxes! You can also find him (along with past guest Benjamin Brandt) on his podcast The Retirement Tax Podcast.

Want to ask Devin or John your question? Just visit https://www.bigpictureretirement.com/ and look for the tab on the right side that says "Send A Voicemail."

Although this show does not provide specific tax, legal, or financial advice, you can engage Devin or John through their individual firms.

Contact Devin's team at https://www.carrolladvisory.com/

Contact John's team at https://www.rossandshoalmire.com/

Today we go to the voicemail and answer some of our listeners questions. If you want to leave ask a question, visit https://www.bigpictureretirement.com/ and look for the tab on the right-hand side that says, "Send A Voicemail."

Although this show does not provide specific tax, legal, or financial advice, you can engage Devin or John through their individual firms.

Contact Devin's team at https://www.carrolladvisory.com/

Contact John's team at https://www.rossandshoalmire.com/

For the second time in three years, a new law has changed many of the rules about retirement planning. In today's episode, we'll dive into the headline items of this new law and then talk about some of the important pieces that aren't making the news.

Although this show does not provide specific tax, legal, or financial advice, you can engage Devin or John through their individual firms.

Contact Devin's team at https://www.carrolladvisory.com/

Contact John's team at https://www.rossandshoalmire.com/

For a long time, 62 was the most popular age to file for Social Security benefits. But in the past several years, data has shown that it has become a less common age to file. There are three main reasons for this and in today's episode we'll dive in and tell you what you need to know.

Although this show does not provide specific tax, legal, or financial advice, you can engage Devin or John through their individual firms.

Contact Devin's team at https://www.carrolladvisory.com/

Contact John's team at https://www.rossandshoalmire.com/

The value of a title policy, when it's needed, cannot be understated. There are some missteps that lead to not being able to get this insurance.

Although this show does not provide specific tax, legal, or financial advice, you can engage Devin or John through their individual firms.

Contact Devin's team at https://www.carrolladvisory.com/

Contact John's team at https://www.rossandshoalmire.com/

Managing taxes in retirement may have a greater impact than any other single cost-saving measure you take. Today, we're joined by Andy Panko for a deeper dive into tax loss harvesting, and one that doesn't get a lot of attention...tax GAIN harvesting.

Visit Andy's firm Tenon Financial at https://tenonfinancial.com/

Visit Andy's Facebook group Taxes In Retirement https://www.facebook.com/groups/495122561395942

Listen to Andy's podcast Retirement Planning Education at https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/retirement-planning-education-with-andy-panko/id1605251516

Although this show does not provide specific tax, legal, or financial advice, you can engage Devin or John through their individual firms.

Contact Devin's team at https://www.carrolladvisory.com/

Contact John's team at https://www.rossandshoalmire.com/

Today's episode is all about answering our listener's questions.

Join the thousands who have already joined Devin's online workshop, How To Choose the RIGHT Time to File for Social Security. Get registered here https://www.devincarroll.com/SSessentialsonlineworkshop

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If you're a real estate investor, you need to understand the 1031 exchange.

This IRS rule allows for the chance to reinvest the profits from the sale of a property without having to pay capital gains tax.

As long as you replace one investment property with another (and follow all the rules), you can kick that tax bill down the road.

In today's episode, we'll get into the nitty-gritty and tell you how this rule works and the pitfalls that trap most people.

Contact Devin's team at https://www.carrolladvisory.com/

Contact John's team at https://www.rossandshoalmire.com/

With all the attention given to the latest Social Security COLA, we've been getting lots of questions. Among the questions is about the alleged "donut hole" for Social Security inflation adjustments for individuals 60 and 61 years of age.

Some in this cohort are upset that they may be missing out on significant benefits increases during this high inflation period. This is based on the observation that if all wages are indexed through age 59, and the COLAs don't start until 62, there are two years of no inflation. Is this really how it works?