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That $30,000 consulting gig in retirement might not be worth $30,000 once the IRS, Medicare, and Social Security each take a turn.
In this video, Travis Hawley, ChFC® at Mosley Wealth Management, walks through a hypothetical retired couple to show exactly how part-time income interacts with four distinct tax and benefit mechanisms that most retirees never see coming.
Here's what's at work:
1. The Social Security Earnings Test: If you claimed benefits before full retirement age, part-time income above the exempt threshold triggers a temporary withholding on your checks.
2. Social Security Taxability: Adding earned income can pull a portion of your Social Security benefits into the taxable column, even though those benefits were arriving tax-free before. The math here is more layered than most people expect.
3. The IRMAA Surcharge: Medicare premiums are based on income from two years prior. A higher-earning year at 63 can quietly raise your Part B costs at 65, and IRMAA operates as a cliff, not a gradual slope.
4. Roth Conversion Opportunity Cost: Early retirement is often the best window for low-bracket Roth conversions. Every dollar of part-time income competes directly for that space.
There's also a meaningful offset worth knowing: self-employment income opens the door to a Solo 401(k), which can shelter a significant portion of what you earn and soften the impact across several of these mechanisms.
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Timestamps:
00:00 Introduction
00:34 The Plan That Looked Fine
01:14 Social Security Earnings Test
02:03 Part-Time Work & Social Security
03:51 The Medicare Surcharge
04:58 Roth Conversion Room
06:29 Self-Employment Tax
08:00 Conclusion
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