Bogleheads' Guide to Retirement Planning

=Description= Filled with valuable advice on a wide range of retirement planning issues-including some pearls of wisdom from John Bogle himself-The Bogleheads' Guide to Retirement Planning:
 * Explains the different types of savings accounts and retirement plans
 * Offers insights on managing and funding your retirement accounts
 * Details efficient withdrawal strategies that could help you maintain a comfortable retirement lifestyle
 * Addresses essential estate planning and gifting issues

=Authors= The Boglehead's Guide to Retirement Planning was written by Taylor Larimore, Mel Lindauer, Rick Ferri and Laura Dogu.

=Corrections to the Printed Edition= Below are corrections to the printed edition as suggested in this thread: Guide to Retirement Planning - Post Feedback Here

Chapter 2: Understanding Taxes (Norman S. Janoff)
(pending author concurrence) tomd37: State sales taxes do exceed 6.25 percent. Here in Tennessee the state sales tax is 7.00 percent, to which the local sales tax is added. We pay a total of 9.25% in my locality. As mentioned in the book, we do not have an income tax, but rather a tax on certain interest and dividend income.

Chapter 4: Individual Retirement Arrangements (Jim Dahle)
(pending author concurrence) From Barry Barnitz: Page 52, the lead-in paragraph for the section on Self-Employed IRAs. The solo 401-k and designated solo Roth 401-k account are 401(k)s and not IRAs. Change the word IRAs to accounts or plans.
 * There are four types of accounts/plans that a self-employed investor might consider: a solo 401(k), a Roth solo 401(k), a SEP-IRA, and a SIMPLE IRA.

Chapter 6: Defined Contribution Plans (Dan Kohn)
(pending author concurrence) From Peter Foley, page 83, 457 Plan Issues. The second to last sentence of the first paragraph begins: "Many 401(k) plans offer no index funds..." Suggest a change to:
 * Many 457 plans offer no index funds...

The topic is 457 plans, suggest that the author intended 457 plans instead of 401(k) plans.

Chapter 10: Funding Your Retirement Accounts (David Grabiner and Ian Forsythe)
From petrico (concurred by David Grabiner):
 * Table 10.2 on p. 161: Last column in third row of data should be $1,000 instead of $1,333.

Chapter 11: Understanding Social Security (Dick Schreitmueller)
(pending author concurrence) From petrico:
 * Table 11.3 on p. 175: Middle column in last two rows, higher base amount should be $44,000 instead of $34,000 to match the text on p. 176 and Table 11.4 on p. 177.

Chapter 15: Health Insurance (Lee E. Marshall)
(pending author concurrence) From EmergDoc, A clarification to the last paragraph of page 246, ending on page 247:
 * Emergency departments (and hospitals with emergency departments) are NOT required to provide any level of care for most medical problems. They are required to 1) Determine if an emergency (including labor) exists and 2) if it does, to stabilize it. Patients will receive a bill for the visit, which is sent to collections if it is not paid.

This is an attempt by Lee to copy and paste remarks from the main forum:

I tend to disagree with doc's interpretation of the remarks on emergency room care. Federal law requires that patients receive screening, emergency medical care and transfer, if appropriate. This certainly constitues 'minimal care' and 'some level of treatment ' for everyone. Also, from a practical standpoint, many ER's provide care beyond the minimum required. Also, this section does not imply that ER care is free. Of course ER's bill insurance and individuals. Also, the context of the chapter is showing ER's as a last choice or option for those who may not have care available anywhere else.