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The Retirement Masterclass™

An educational approach to financial knowledge.

We believe that sound financial planning is rooted in education. That's why at The Retirement Masterclass™ we offer virtual retirement workshops. These comprehensive events are sponsored by local universities and community centers and cover all aspects of retirement planning. With unique events focusing on Social Security, Taxes, and Successful Retirement Strategies, there's something for everyone. Our goal is to help to ensure you enter your retirement with your best foot forward.

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What We Cover in This Class

Social Security

When to file, how to maximize your lifetime benefit, and avoid common penalties.

Tax Planning

How to lower taxes on your retirement income — now and in future years.

Investments

How investing during retirement is different from your working years.

Income Planning

Build a paycheck-style income stream that covers your essential expenses.

Legacy Planning

Pass your wealth to family or causes you care about, with minimal tax drag.

Session Preview

What's Covered Across Both Sessions

"Most people must make crucial decisions about their retirement plans when they retire. In many cases, the decisions cannot be reversed."

Lifestyle & Retirement Planning

What do you want to do in your retirement? Travel? Volunteer? Continue to work? Pursue hobbies? To financially prepare for your retirement, you need a clear idea of your retirement and lifestyle goals. This course will begin with quick, individual exercises to help you start thinking about non-financial retirement planning. Today, many pre-retirees see themselves living their retirement years in a much different way than their parents did. As a result, the entire planning process has changed. A more dynamic and progressive approach is explored throughout this course.

  • Retirement Years Are Unique to Each Couple's and Each Individual's Retirement
  • Financial Independence
  • The Way People Used to Think of Retirement
  • Present Day Retirement
  • Today's Retirement Opportunities
  • Life Planning for Retirement
  • Questions to Consider
  • Examine Your Life
  • Planning for the Future
  • The Essential Basics
  • Realistic Expectations About This Course
Fixed & Variable Retirement Expenses

Needs vs expectations? The average American will retire at age 66 and live until nearly 79. However, for many, retirement will last much longer than 13 years. This course will help you understand how much money you will need to retire in the future. If you are approaching retirement, we explore whether you can retire today based on the annual income you desire.

  • Inflation and Purchasing Power
    • Historical Rates of Inflation
    • Inflation and Income Taxes
  • Retirement Expectations
  • How Much Will You Need to Retire?
  • Life Planning for Retirement
  • When Can You Retire?
Debt Management & Tax Planning

In this section, we identify some of the biggest retirement planning mistakes and how to avoid them. We will also go over a guide to successful retirement. The highlight of this section is strategies for saving money on this year's taxes.

  • Avoiding financial mistakes
  • Debt Management
    • Types of Debt
  • Taxes
    • Tax Terms
    • 2022 Federal Income Tax Tables
    • Tax Strategies
    • Taxable Investments
    • Investment Tax Rates
  • Accounts with Tax Advantages
Sources of Retirement Income

This section will cover many ways to save for retirement. We will discuss advantages and disadvantages. We will discuss whether converting a Traditional IRA to a Roth IRA is in your best interest, and what the best plan of attack is for your personal situation. Lastly, we look at Social Security benefits as well as employer-sponsored retirement plans and discuss the important choices you must make.

  • Social Security, Pension Plans, 401(k), 403(b)
  • Defined benefit and contribution plan options
  • Lump sum vs. IRA transfer
Distributions from Retirement Accounts

This section addresses the crucial decisions needed for your retirement plan in further detail. We will discuss strategies that allow you to take money out of your retirement plans while maintaining financial flexibility during retirement. Overall, we will cover retirement plan distribution choices to help you make an informed decision. You will also learn strategies to minimize taxes on your retirement income and avoid tax penalties of up to 50%. Finally, we explain rules for early access to your retirement funds.

  • Defined Benefit Plans (Options)
  • Moving Your Retirement Assets
  • Stock Market Indexes
  • Company Securities in Retirement Plans
  • Defined Benefit Plans
  • Annuity Income
  • Retirement Distribution Comparison
  • In-Service Withdrawals/Distributions
  • Required Minimum Distributions
Investments

This is the most extensive section of this course. Here we discuss cash accounts, stocks, bonds, mutual funds, exchange-traded funds, individually managed accounts, tax-deferred accounts, tax-free accounts, taxable accounts and important considerations before investing. Risk management strategies will be carefully addressed.

  • Cash Accounts and Equivalents
  • Bonds
    • Bond Interest Rates
  • Stocks
    • Stock Market Index, Categories, and Terms
  • Employee Stock Options
  • Mutual Funds
  • Exchange-Traded Funds (ETFs)
  • Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs)
  • American Depository Receipts (ADRs)
  • Investment Risks
    • Effective Strategies to Mitigate Risk
  • Asset Class Returns
  • Percent of Active Managers Under-Performing the Index RI
Risk Management & Asset Protection

Carrying over from Investments, we will discuss ways to protect you from a large financial loss prior to, or during retirement. We investigate many aspects of long-term health care including: Will you need it, how much it can cost, who should have it, and what are your alternatives? We will touch on the different types of life insurance, and discuss how to select the correct insurance so you and your family have ample coverage in the case that an income-earner passes away. We will discuss healthcare needs, disability, along with annuities and their positive and negative attributes.

  • Property and Casualty Insurance
  • Disability Income Insurance
  • Health Insurance
  • Medicare Insurance Premiums
    • Medicare Part B
    • Medicare Trends
  • Long Term Care (LTC)
  • Introduction to Life Insurance
    • Needs and Benefits
    • Categories
    • Comparison
    • Survivorship Life
Legacy/Estate Planning

Planning your legacy isn't just about money. It involves personal decisions that affect you, your family, and loved ones even while you are still living. Recent tax law updates show legacy planning is ever-changing. We discuss how to plan for today and for your future. You learn strategies and techniques to minimize or eliminate gift and estate taxes, income, expenses, delays, legal challenges, and a shortage of liquid assets following your death. We also address healthcare elections, power of attorney, living trusts, beneficiary designations, business continuation, probate, as well as other important topics.

  • Estate Planning Objectives
    • Planning for Incapacity
    • Transfer Taxes
  • Estate Planning Basics
    • Additional Planning Strategies
    • Types of Property Interests.
  • Guide to Successful Retirement
FAQs

Frequently Asked Questions

What happens to my information once I register?
Your privacy is important to us! Your information is securely shared only with the presenter of The Retirement Masterclass™. We will never sell your information!
Who are the presenters of The Retirement Masterclass™?
Our presenters are from your area and live in your community. The presenters are Certified Financial Planning professionals who hold their CFP® designation and are held to the fiduciary and ethics standards of the CFP® board. They have been educating local residents for years if not decades on planning for retirement. They often have a private planning practice.
How much does The Retirement Masterclass™ cost?
The Retirement Masterclass™ costs $69.99 per registration or couple. We do not charge extra for a spouse or friend to attend. The $69.99 goes towards the workbooks and materials that go along with the class. Workbooks will be sent via Fedex AFTER completion of the first session. They are not needed for the classes. The workbooks are a separate resource for your use outside of these classes. They contain worksheets that you can complete if you like, but these will not be used for class.
Why does the presenter teach at such a low cost?
Our presenters value and enjoy educating their local communities, and The Retirement Masterclass™ is a way for them to give back. Occasionally, attendees may request help with their retirement planning outside of the class; however, your attendance at any of our classes in no way obligates you to engage the presenter in any service.
Is this retirement workshop for me?
If you are approaching retirement or already retired, the course will have material to appeal to various situations.
How long is the class?
Day 1 and Day 2 are each 2 hours long.
Is The Retirement Masterclass™ associated with the IRS, SSA or any other government organization?
No, we are an independent entity.

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In This Class, You'll Learn How To:

  • Reduce taxes on retirement income.
  • Maximize Social Security benefits.
  • Structure your investment portfolio for retirement.
  • Create a reliable income stream that lasts.
  • Avoid running out of money in retirement.
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Testimonials

Hear What Our Class Attendees Think

What to Expect

What We Cover in This Class

Social Security

When to file, how to maximize your lifetime benefit, and avoid common penalties.

Tax Planning

How to lower taxes on your retirement income — now and in future years.

Investments

How investing during retirement is different from your working years.

Income Planning

Build a paycheck-style income stream that covers your essential expenses.

Legacy Planning

Pass your wealth to family or causes you care about, with minimal tax drag.

Session Preview

What's Covered Across Both Sessions

"Most people must make crucial decisions about their retirement plans when they retire. In many cases, the decisions cannot be reversed."

Lifestyle & Retirement Planning

What do you want to do in your retirement? Travel? Volunteer? Continue to work? Pursue hobbies? To financially prepare for your retirement, you need a clear idea of your retirement and lifestyle goals. This course will begin with quick, individual exercises to help you start thinking about non-financial retirement planning. Today, many pre-retirees see themselves living their retirement years in a much different way than their parents did. As a result, the entire planning process has changed. A more dynamic and progressive approach is explored throughout this course.

  • Retirement Years Are Unique to Each Couple's and Each Individual's Retirement
  • Financial Independence
  • The Way People Used to Think of Retirement
  • Present Day Retirement
  • Today's Retirement Opportunities
  • Life Planning for Retirement
  • Questions to Consider
  • Examine Your Life
  • Planning for the Future
  • The Essential Basics
  • Realistic Expectations About This Course
Fixed & Variable Retirement Expenses

Needs vs expectations? The average American will retire at age 66 and live until nearly 79. However, for many, retirement will last much longer than 13 years. This course will help you understand how much money you will need to retire in the future. If you are approaching retirement, we explore whether you can retire today based on the annual income you desire.

  • Inflation and Purchasing Power
    • Historical Rates of Inflation
    • Inflation and Income Taxes
  • Retirement Expectations
  • How Much Will You Need to Retire?
  • Life Planning for Retirement
  • When Can You Retire?
Debt Management & Tax Planning

In this section, we identify some of the biggest retirement planning mistakes and how to avoid them. We will also go over a guide to successful retirement. The highlight of this section is strategies for saving money on this year's taxes.

  • Avoiding financial mistakes
  • Debt Management
    • Types of Debt
  • Taxes
    • Tax Terms
    • 2022 Federal Income Tax Tables
    • Tax Strategies
    • Taxable Investments
    • Investment Tax Rates
  • Accounts with Tax Advantages
Sources of Retirement Income

This section will cover many ways to save for retirement. We will discuss advantages and disadvantages. We will discuss whether converting a Traditional IRA to a Roth IRA is in your best interest, and what the best plan of attack is for your personal situation. Lastly, we look at Social Security benefits as well as employer-sponsored retirement plans and discuss the important choices you must make.

  • Social Security, Pension Plans, 401(k), 403(b)
  • Defined benefit and contribution plan options
  • Lump sum vs. IRA transfer
Distributions from Retirement Accounts

This section addresses the crucial decisions needed for your retirement plan in further detail. We will discuss strategies that allow you to take money out of your retirement plans while maintaining financial flexibility during retirement. Overall, we will cover retirement plan distribution choices to help you make an informed decision. You will also learn strategies to minimize taxes on your retirement income and avoid tax penalties of up to 50%. Finally, we explain rules for early access to your retirement funds.

  • Defined Benefit Plans (Options)
  • Moving Your Retirement Assets
  • Stock Market Indexes
  • Company Securities in Retirement Plans
  • Defined Benefit Plans
  • Annuity Income
  • Retirement Distribution Comparison
  • In-Service Withdrawals/Distributions
  • Required Minimum Distributions
Investments

This is the most extensive section of this course. Here we discuss cash accounts, stocks, bonds, mutual funds, exchange-traded funds, individually managed accounts, tax-deferred accounts, tax-free accounts, taxable accounts and important considerations before investing. Risk management strategies will be carefully addressed.

  • Cash Accounts and Equivalents
  • Bonds
    • Bond Interest Rates
  • Stocks
    • Stock Market Index, Categories, and Terms
  • Employee Stock Options
  • Mutual Funds
  • Exchange-Traded Funds (ETFs)
  • Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs)
  • American Depository Receipts (ADRs)
  • Investment Risks
    • Effective Strategies to Mitigate Risk
  • Asset Class Returns
  • Percent of Active Managers Under-Performing the Index RI
Risk Management & Asset Protection

Carrying over from Investments, we will discuss ways to protect you from a large financial loss prior to, or during retirement. We investigate many aspects of long-term health care including: Will you need it, how much it can cost, who should have it, and what are your alternatives? We will touch on the different types of life insurance, and discuss how to select the correct insurance so you and your family have ample coverage in the case that an income-earner passes away. We will discuss healthcare needs, disability, along with annuities and their positive and negative attributes.

  • Property and Casualty Insurance
  • Disability Income Insurance
  • Health Insurance
  • Medicare Insurance Premiums
    • Medicare Part B
    • Medicare Trends
  • Long Term Care (LTC)
  • Introduction to Life Insurance
    • Needs and Benefits
    • Categories
    • Comparison
    • Survivorship Life
Legacy/Estate Planning

Planning your legacy isn't just about money. It involves personal decisions that affect you, your family, and loved ones even while you are still living. Recent tax law updates show legacy planning is ever-changing. We discuss how to plan for today and for your future. You learn strategies and techniques to minimize or eliminate gift and estate taxes, income, expenses, delays, legal challenges, and a shortage of liquid assets following your death. We also address healthcare elections, power of attorney, living trusts, beneficiary designations, business continuation, probate, as well as other important topics.

  • Estate Planning Objectives
    • Planning for Incapacity
    • Transfer Taxes
  • Estate Planning Basics
    • Additional Planning Strategies
    • Types of Property Interests.
  • Guide to Successful Retirement
FAQs

Frequently Asked Questions

What happens to my information once I register?
Your privacy is important to us! Your information is securely shared only with the presenter of The Retirement Masterclass™. We will never sell your information!
Who are the presenters of The Retirement Masterclass™?
Our presenters are from your area and live in your community. The presenters are Certified Financial Planning professionals who hold their CFP® designation and are held to the fiduciary and ethics standards of the CFP® board. They have been educating local residents for years if not decades on planning for retirement. They often have a private planning practice.
How much does The Retirement Masterclass™ cost?
The Retirement Masterclass™ costs $69.99 per registration or couple. We do not charge extra for a spouse or friend to attend. The $69.99 goes towards the workbooks and materials that go along with the class. Workbooks will be sent via Fedex AFTER completion of the first session. They are not needed for the classes. The workbooks are a separate resource for your use outside of these classes. They contain worksheets that you can complete if you like, but these will not be used for class.
Why does the presenter teach at such a low cost?
Our presenters value and enjoy educating their local communities, and The Retirement Masterclass™ is a way for them to give back. Occasionally, attendees may request help with their retirement planning outside of the class; however, your attendance at any of our classes in no way obligates you to engage the presenter in any service.
Is this retirement workshop for me?
If you are approaching retirement or already retired, the course will have material to appeal to various situations.
How long is the class?
Day 1 and Day 2 are each 2 hours long.
Is The Retirement Masterclass™ associated with the IRS, SSA or any other government organization?
No, we are an independent entity.
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