Andy appeared as a guest/co-host on the September 23, 2024 episode of Rob Berger's YouTube live stream video series. In it, they discussed taxes and tax planning in retirement, as well as a host of other questions such as account rebalancing, Roth conversion analysis, and more! There was also plenty of live Q&A from Rob's loyal followers/watchers.

For those who don't already know, Rob Berger has one of the best YouTube channels out there for straight-shooting, educational and informative content about retirement planning and investing. You can find a link to the channel and this specific episode below.

Links in this episode:

• Rob's YouTube channel - here
• My YouTube episode with Rob - here

• Tenon Financial monthly e-newsletter - Retirement Planning Insights
• Facebook group - Retirement Planning Education (formerly Taxes in Retirement)
• YouTube channel - Retirement Planning Education (formerly Retirement Planning Demystified)
• Retirement Planning Education website - www.RetirementPlanningEducation.com

To send Andy questions to be addressed on future Q&A episodes, email andy@andypanko.com

Listener Q&A where Andy talks about:

• Itemizing sales taxes on Schedule A of your tax return, particularly when living in two states during the year ( 6:30 )
• Considerations when deciding between taking a pension or its lump sum ( 11:51 )
• Should a recently widowed person take advantage of their last year of Married Filing Joint tax brackets and do a large Roth conversion or IRA distribution ( 25:03 )
• Understanding the pro rata rule when doing a Roth conversion when you have multiple IRAs and a 401(k) ( 31:40 )
• How the IRS knows if you didn't take Required Minimum Distributions ("RMDs") when you were supposed to ( 37:02 )
• How to ensure your Treasury interest received (including when received indirectly through a money market mutual fund) is properly reported as tax-free on your state tax return ( 41:36 )

To send Andy questions to be addressed on future Q&A episodes, email andy@andypanko.com

Links in this episode:

• IRS sales tax deduction calculator - here
• Rob Berger's YouTube channel - here

• My company newsletter - Retirement Planning Insights
• Facebook group - Retirement Planning Education (formerly Taxes in Retirement)
• YouTube channel - Retirement Planning Education (formerly Retirement Planning Demystified)
• Retirement Planning Education website - www.RetirementPlanningEducation.com

Andy chats with a real person (not an advisor) doing their own retirement planning. In this episode, Andy talks with Alison (last name not disclosed). They talk about a wide array of retirement planning topics such as the unique planning considerations of having a spouse who's nearly 10 years younger and how an unexpected major medical condition a few years ago resulted in her being on long term disability, presumably through when she starts Social Security. They also talk about about what she wishes she would have known earlier and a variety of financial topics such as Social Security, how they got a late start in getting serious about saving for retirement and more!

Links in this episode:

• Tenon Financial monthly e-newsletter - Retirement Planning Insights
• Facebook group - Retirement Planning Education (formerly Taxes in Retirement)
• YouTube channel - Retirement Planning Education (formerly Retirement Planning Demystified)
• Retirement Planning Education website - www.RetirementPlanningEducation.com

To send Andy questions to be addressed on future Q&A episodes, email andy@andypanko.com