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Roth Conversions after One Big Beautiful Bill


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Our retirement headline is from a ThinkAdvisor article titled "Ed Slott: Roth Conversions Are Trickier Under New Tax Law" by Melanie Waddell.

"With the extended tax cuts under President Trump's recently passed tax and spending law, 'Roth conversions should be accelerated to take advantage of more years of low tax rates,' according to Ed Slott of Ed Slott & Co.

'You never want to leave a low tax bracket unfilled,' he said. 'Low tax brackets need to be maximized each year, but how much to convert each year can be trickier now since many of the new tax breaks have income caps.'"

That's the crux of it — Roth conversions still make sense, but now they're bumping up against some new income cliffs. I take the first few minutes to share a few key numbers.

Then our listener question is actually one I asked myself after seeing a post about company financials being reported less frequently than quarterly. I go through the pros and cons of making this change.

Resources:

Article by Melanie Waddell, courtesy of ThinkAdvisor.com: Ed Slott: Roth Conversions Are Trickier Under New Tax Law

Article on Reuters by Johann M Cherian, Lewis Krauskopf and Douglas Gillison: Trump renews calls for ending quarterly reports for companies

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