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to fully <a href="https://readmedium.com/how-to-double-triple-or-quadruple-your-long-term-care-dollars-c64fc051ec7c">fund a long-term care contract</a> to protect your future retirement income</p><p id="f56c">✅ You can do a 10-year distribution to <a href="https://readmedium.com/dont-save-money-for-your-kids-give-them-2m-tax-free-for-only-350k-instead-dc2dea637e15">fully fund a tax-free legacy</a> for your loved ones (making sure your kids <a href="https://readmedium.com/why-you-should-never-die-with-money-in-your-ira-8dc570236a7b">don’t inherit a large amount of taxable money</a>)</p><p id="a98a">✅ You can create a stream of income payments that can be used to <a href="https://readmedium.com/the-big-no-no-on-roth-conversions-avoiding-the-10-penalty-be286564c17d">max out your Roth IRA</a> each year <i>(moving taxable money over to the tax-free bucket)</i></p><p id="69bd">✅ You can use your distributions to fully fund annual backdoor Roth contributions & <a href="https://readmedium.com/implementing-a-66-000-mega-backdoor-roth-ira-with-your-401k-2ec2e8e88296">MEGA backdoor Roth contributions</a></p><p id="79d9">✅ Lastly, you can reduce the balance of your taxable retirement account e

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nough so that you can <a href="https://readmedium.com/what-is-provisional-income-and-how-to-keep-it-low-enough-to-collect-social-security-tax-free-6ab04d14fac8">collect social security tax-free</a></p><p id="a6b6">This is a little known loophole that can really help you reposition that big, taxable bucket of money you have, so that you can collect most <i>(if not all of it)</i> completely tax-free in retirement… 🙌</p><p id="98db">Which not only allows you to leave a legacy to your loved ones tax-free, but can also <a href="https://readmedium.com/a-tax-free-social-security-check-gives-you-7-extra-years-of-retirement-income-195cb82a5331">help your retirement savings last 5–7 years longer</a>‼️</p><p id="71df">Let’s chat 💬😎</p><p id="bb2f">Connect With Me & Access All My Resources<b> <a href="https://pages.safewealthplanning.com/profile">Here</a></b></p><p id="7312"><b>Enjoy this blog? </b>You’ll probably enjoy this one as well: <a href="https://readmedium.com/growing-your-money-with-no-risk-of-loss-how-indexing-works-e6cf4afbad15"><b><i>Growing Your Money With NO RISK of Loss (how indexing works)</i></b></a></p><p id="6f99">To your success,</p><p id="3294">Matt</p></article></body>

The Ultimate Penalty-free 72t Strategy for a Tax-free Retirement

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(don’t forget to checkout the video too)

A 72t is not a well-known strategy in the IRS code that allows you early access to your retirement money (penalty-free).

Once you start a 72t you can’t stop until you are either 59–1/2 or until 5 years have lapsed (whichever is longer), but these can be a great tool for a tax-free retirement. 😎

Here are 5 things you can do by starting the early withdrawal process from your taxable retirement accounts (ideally an IRA):

✅ You can take a 7-year distribution to fully fund a long-term care contract to protect your future retirement income

✅ You can do a 10-year distribution to fully fund a tax-free legacy for your loved ones (making sure your kids don’t inherit a large amount of taxable money)

✅ You can create a stream of income payments that can be used to max out your Roth IRA each year (moving taxable money over to the tax-free bucket)

✅ You can use your distributions to fully fund annual backdoor Roth contributions & MEGA backdoor Roth contributions

✅ Lastly, you can reduce the balance of your taxable retirement account enough so that you can collect social security tax-free

This is a little known loophole that can really help you reposition that big, taxable bucket of money you have, so that you can collect most (if not all of it) completely tax-free in retirement… 🙌

Which not only allows you to leave a legacy to your loved ones tax-free, but can also help your retirement savings last 5–7 years longer‼️

Let’s chat 💬😎

Connect With Me & Access All My Resources Here

Enjoy this blog? You’ll probably enjoy this one as well: Growing Your Money With NO RISK of Loss (how indexing works)

To your success,

Matt

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