Every year, millions of Americans transition into retirement, facing one of the most critical challenges to their financial security: determining how to efficiently withdraw from their retirement accounts. With multiple account types, varying tax treatments, and the need to balance current lifestyle spending with long-term sustainability, creating an effective withdrawal strategy has never been more crucial—or more complex.
At this workshop, you will learn tools and techniques needed to address the key components of retirement distribution planning. The presentation will include:
- How Asset Location enhances Asset Allocation for optimal tax efficiency
- How to navigate withdrawal sequencing to optimize retirement cash flow
- Updating Asset Location Priority Lists & Asset Swaps
- Other tax optimization techniques to improve your outcomes
- How to design and implement custom withdrawal policies that align with your spending goals and long-term wealth strategies
Registration is free and required.
Comments from past workshop attendees:
“John…always impresses upon us the pitfalls to watch for and the strategies for handling these.” – Steve G.
“A very excellent presentation of a very complex subject.” – Ronnie E
About the presenter: John Lau
John is a Certified Public Accountant (CPA) and a Certified Financial Planner (CFP®) professional. John is a Principal and Managing Director at Robertson Stephens’ San Ramon and Burlingame offices in the San Francisco Bay Area. John and his team specialize in retirement distribution planning, serving clients in or near retirement. John’s team uses a total-solution approach to planning, including income tax reduction, estate conservation, portfolio management, and retirement distribution planning.
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