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We lived in a house we owned for 21 years in an affluent suburb. When we sold and moved out, we analyzed the economics. We sold the house for much more than we paid for it. When we calculated the rate of return it was 3.1% per year. The SP500 in the same period returned about 10% per year. Clearly ...

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Grove Park Inn?

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Greetings all! I’m curious if there are other Bogleheads out there who are self-employed in any type of private practice. I find there are particular financial / tax planning / optimization strategies to be considered that are particular to this structure. Anyone else in the same boat? What kind of...

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My read of the Form 5305-SEP seems to confirm that a SEP IRA adopted Jan 1, 2022 should not have any eligible employees other than my wife if they only worked for her in 2020 and 2021. [___ ] makes the following agreement under section 408(k) of the Internal Revenue Code and the instructions to this...

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If she wants to keep the backdoor Roth open, she needs to keep the 401k. The SEP and 401k both offer the maximum deferred amounts, but the SEP has that must match requirement, so it's only a temporary solution if you don't want to give the employees a 25% raise. Thanks - what about the "3 in 5...

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one last bump

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If she wants to keep the backdoor Roth open, she needs to keep the 401k. The SEP and 401k both offer the maximum deferred amounts, but the SEP has that must match requirement, so it's only a temporary solution if you don't want to give the employees a 25% raise. Thanks - what about the "3 in 5...

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If she wants to keep the backdoor Roth open, she needs to keep the 401k. The SEP and 401k both offer the maximum deferred amounts, but the SEP has that must match requirement, so it's only a temporary solution if you don't want to give the employees a 25% raise. Thanks - what about the "3 in 5...

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Bump.

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My wife has a solo 401(k) with a third party administrator for her small business. It has them maximum employee restrictions possible (Age 21+, >1 yr, 1000+ hrs) and the earliest entry into the plan (written into the plan document) after achieving the 1000 hours in a year requirement is "6 mont...

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wouldn't it make more sense to stay in pre-tax and invest the tax savings in a backdoor Roth IRA instead? Or is there a reason you can't do a backdoor Roth IRA?

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What are the two funds? Are they both index funds covering the same asset class?

Seems like the choice is between lower ER and higher returns last year, right?

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I read a lot of the 529 threads, and I keep seeing "only do a 529 if you maxed out your 401k and Roth first", but I don't get it. If I max out my 401k and have nothing left over to put in a 529, how does that help? When college comes around (2 kids), I will need roughly 8 x $30,000, and i...

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My spouse is self-employed with a Solo 401k that has mega backdoor Roth capabilities. The business's net profit in 2020 was around $40,000 - this is within the range where a business owner is faced with a choice of $1 of employER profit sharing (pre-tax) contributions or $2 of voluntary after-tax, n...

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Are you sure it’s too late for 2020?

See: viewtopic.php?t=331496

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Mullvad

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Looks like you are overlooking a backdoor Roth IRA, which seems like a no-brainer for you. I would use that after your 401k is maxed before you go to a taxable brokerage account.

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You need a pretty compelling case to convince me that converting traditional to Roth makes sense at 37% fed rate. If you have a huge pension coming to you, or you already know you will be in the highest ordinary income tax bracket for life, that would be compelling. Otherwise this sounds like a move...

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Incredibly helpful, Spirit Rider. I am always impressed with the depth of your expertise in this area. Questions If it is a one-participant 401k from E-Trade, Fidelity, Schwab, or TD Ameritrade she would have had to elect the necessary employee eligibility restrictions in the adoption agreement. If ...

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I have read through the litany of solo 401k, spouse employee, QJV posts, but can't seem to wrap my head around the implications. Situation : 1. My wife has a single member LLC (taxed as a disregard) business with self-employment income. She quit her full time job in August 2020. The expectation is t...

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KlangFool wrote: ↑Fri Oct 09, 2020 8:34 am FYI. 529 cost is not hidden. It is an after-tax contribution. Folks pay 20+% to 30+% taxes in order to contribute to the 529.

+1

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This post is to explore the template for stashing away as much as possible in 401k (traditional/Roth) to the tune of 2 x 57,000 - (i) first 57,000 using W2 (Mega Backdoor Roth) and (ii) second 57,000 (or as much as possible) using solo 401k. Ignoring any catch-up contributions, individuals cannot c...

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This post is to explore the template for stashing away as much as possible in 401k (traditional/Roth) to the tune of 2 x 57,000 - (i) first 57,000 using W2 (Mega Backdoor Roth) and (ii) second 57,000 (or as much as possible) using solo 401k. Ignoring any catch-up contributions, individuals cannot c...

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Ok well you scared me enough to at least be a bit more proactive about this. I'm going to send this letter. What do you guys think? To Whom It May Concern: This letter is in reference to a recent notice I received regarding a supposed overpayment from my former 401K with XX. This letter confirms th...

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Hi everyone, My company’s HSA has an option to invest HSA dollars into low-cost Vanguard index funds. The current balance in the account is $2,200 and I am considering maxing it out beginning next year. I am already maxing out my traditional 401(k). The caveat is the HSA charges $2.9 a month ($34.8...

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Thank you all for your suggestions. Figuring my tendency to be a little indecisive (which is why Betterment was a great jumping off point for me) combined with a desire to save money on high ERs and fees, I am going to go with the FIPFX (2050 target date index fund) and ride it out. Really apprecia...

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Just got a letter from my ex-employer (that I left in 2015) about a $6400 overpayment from my 401K plan. The letter claims the portion was not vested and was distributed on error. This distribution happened in 2018, when I rolled over the funds from the 401K into a Traditional IRA account. They cla...

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I think these situations are very tough for Bogleheads in particular because BHs tend to be compulsive savers/planners so falling into a situation like this would be a rare event. But I think you have to let this woman come to you for help and then you can impart whatever wisdom (and support) you ca...

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Too much overlap and complexity that adds little to the plan - i would suggest replacing SP500, extended market, midcap index and small cap index with Fidelity Total Market Index Fund (FSKAX). I also woudl suggest ditching EM, as that is included in FTIHX. Sustainable indexes is really a personal de...

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Hello, Hoping to receive some guidance on rebalancing a 403b plan into a 3 fund portfolio. It is held within the TIAA deferred annuity plan. I read this very helpful Boglehead page: https://www.bogleheads.org/wiki/Three-fund_portfolio#Other_than_Vanguard.2C_Boglehead-style but, admittedly, there is...

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Past performance is not indicative of future results.

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One of my coworkers wants to change his Roth IRA portfolio from a 3 funds portfolio. VTSAX,VTIAX, VBTLX . 70/20/10 to a 2 funds portfolio VTWAX & VBTLX 90/10. His desision comes up after he listened to Tom Cock & Don McDonald's podcast where they recommend to their listeners this two fund. ...

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Hi friends, My married son lives in New York City. He works from home (convenience, not a requirement) for a Philadelphia company who withholds New York State income tax and of course Federal Tax for him. I see no withholding for either New York City wage tax or Philadelphia wage tax on his pay stu...

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Have you considered just using VLCAX as a TLH partner rather than VFIAX or another S&P 500 fund?

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Does anyone know how to substantiate/document when an old/closed HSA was "opened"? All amounts in there were rolled over to my Fidelity HSA.

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Just a quick question about mechanics of actually making the contribution if anyone has any input. So for my regular 401 employee deferral - my 401k contribution is taken from my business account and sent to 401k provider. How does it work for after tax contribution - does it come from my personal ...

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HI fellow BH, I like to setup a 3 fund portfolio for my investment. It seems that Vanguard expense are slightly higher than Fidelity. For example, for Total stock market FXAIX is 0.02 vs VTSAX 0.04 Total international market FTIHX is 0.06 vs VTIAX 0.11 Total bond FXNAX is 0.03 vs VBTLX is 0.05 I un...

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Traditional 401k contributions reduce your AGI and your MAGI. So yes you can use traditional 401k contributions to drop your MAGI in a way that gives you deductibility of traditional IRA contributions. This link may help you understand how AGI becomes MAGI: https://www.irs.gov/publications/p590a#en_...

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Does the above at all affect your advice? If it doesn't affect your advice, then is that because you think it's unlikely that I'll be to fully psychologically equate the Roth IRA amounts with paying off my debt [if so, I think that that's a fair point] or is it instead for some other reason? I’m pr...

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I haven't read thru this whole thread, so take this with a grain of salt.....but as a former big law attorney myself, my advice: Pay off the debt as fast as you can. Look, you might end up ahead by investing. In fact, you probably will. But if the firm hits a rough patch (and I've been at firms tha...

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Target date fund seems like an obvious choice. With a taxable account, I still would suggest the three fund portfolio. I think it's best to create wide rebalancing bands that can let you just check on it once a year and only rebalance when new money comes in or if you are beyond the bands. I don't r...

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One thing to note, which is what I do. I put contributions that are going into After-Tax > Roth into my taxable brokerage account with Fidelity and allow that cash to settle. I then call Fidelity and ensure they move it from Taxable to NP After-Tax and then from NP After-Tax to Roth in the same day...

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Spirit Rider, thank you so much for your feedback. I know you are one of the most cautious on this subject, and your response is inspiring a lot of confidence that I am able to do this well. I do hope people who are detail-oriented and conscientious can, if they want to, follow this roadmap to acces...

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Probably traditional 401k, but really depends on your fed/state marginal tax rates.

Once you max all of your 401k, IRA and HSA, you are pretty much out of options for tax advantaged retirement unless you are self employed and want to consider a DB plan.

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What Got You Here Won't Get You There, Marshall Goldsmith

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Some simple definitions: 1. IRA stands for individual retirement account. An individual owns and controls this account. 2. 401K accounts are set up and controlled by a company . Any work you do for which you are paid a W-2 is money that does not qualify for a Solo 401K. A Solo 401K has higher costs...

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No it’s not a taxable event if it’s a conversion of a vanguard MF to vanguard ETF of the same fund done via Vanguards methods.

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After reading through countless posts on Bogleheads and TFB for weeks, I think I am ready to execute on the below plan for a non-prototype solo 401(k) that has the capability of making voluntary employee after-tax contributions with in-service distributions to a Roth IRA (i.e. the mega backdoor Roth...

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1. What expenses are you looking to deduct against other income? Health insurance + LTCI? You could only do that against your self-employment net profit. 2. Does your new W-2 job have access to employer subsidized health insurance? You can't use the self-employed health insurance deduction for any m...

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