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taxes and retirement

Your Top Marginal Tax Rate is Not What You Pay

Financial Education, Retirement SavingsBy Kristi SullivanAugust 25, 2025

An element of retirement income planning that never ceases to confuse is taxes. Accounting for your tax bill as a retirement expense is important. Over-or-under estimating the cost can lead to errors in a retiree’s monthly spending targets. The biggest misconception is that your marginal tax bracket is the amount you pay on all of…

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