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Two new books on retirement planning articles advisor. Take stock of how much savings you have stashed away in an ira or 401 k retirement plan. Contextualize your retirement earnings by analyzing how much your income would be each month if you drew on social security at each age and contrasting this with your. Oxford handbook of pensions and retirement income oxford. But the book offers different strategies to maximize your benefits depending on your marital status, age, earnings, and financial needs, among. Your goal is to end up with the most tax efficient retirement outcome, with purchasing power when you need it. Federal retirement civil service retirement federal. Your retirement benefit will be based on factors such as your tier, retirement plan, service credit, final average salary fas and age at retirement.
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