Straight From Our Inbox: Listener Voicemails on Social Security and More
Big Picture Retirement®
Devin Carroll
4.7 • 546 Ratings
🗓️ 5 September 2023
⏱️ 36 minutes
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Summary
In today's episode, Devin and John answer a few questions from listener's voicemails. Here's a glimpse of what we discuss:
- Carol wonders if her husband can start collecting Social Security on her benefits, despite her already receiving hers.
- Cynthia brings a multifaceted query on government pensions, deceased spouse benefits, and the intricacies surrounding her mother's and stepfather's financial landscape.
- Michael seeks clarity on the Secure Act 2.0, especially regarding Qualified Charitable Distributions (QCD) and their tax implications.
- Clark delves into the optimal timing for claiming his Social Security benefits, while navigating the complex considerations surrounding retirement investment strategies and market dynamics.
- Bobby is curious about the specifics of the full retirement age year and its timeframe.
- In another call, Michael navigates the transition from SSI to Social Security for a disabled adult and the health insurance implications involved.
- Lilo ponders the transition between spousal benefits and survivorship benefits in the unfortunate event of his passing, and how that impacts his younger wife's benefits.
- And finally, Kathleen, dealing with the ramifications of the Secure Act, seeks advice on handling the inherited IRA from her late mother and understanding the tax implications of her Required Minimum Distributions.
Join us as we dissect these questions, providing you with actionable insights and strategies to give you clarity and confidence about your retirement. 🎙️📈👥
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Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | The Big Picture Retirement Show does not provide tax, legal, or financial advice. Listeners are encouraged to seek out their own advisors in these areas. Hey, everyone, welcome to the Big Picture Retirement Show. I'm your host, Devin. Join today by my co-host, John Ross. Howdy. |
| 0:29.8 | I should say John K. Ross, the fourth, Esquire. |
| 0:30.7 | You could say that. |
| 0:31.2 | But John. |
| 0:33.1 | That would be ridiculous, but you could say that. |
| 0:38.6 | This is an inside joke between us when I refer to you as Esquire, but I've never really fleshed this out. |
| 0:42.4 | What is it about Esquire that you don't like? |
| 0:44.2 | I think it's just the pretense. |
| 0:47.8 | It's the same thing with my own personal name, right? The John Kelsey Ross, the Fourth. |
| 0:52.6 | You know, if that's not followed by Duke of something, |
| 0:58.8 | you know, if you're just, if you're just some redneck from Texas, it's, it's, it's, it's a level |
| 1:06.6 | of pretense that, um, and, and I feel the same thing with the Esquire, right? It just, it just, it seems to be a |
| 1:12.9 | level of pretense that, that I don't care for. Well, you will be happy to know then, because I |
| 1:19.4 | know of your disdain for the use of Esquire. So the other day, another attorney friend of mine |
| 1:24.1 | sent me a link. And apparently one of these little local magazines that we have, |
| 1:29.4 | I don't even know what it was, Texarkana magazine, let's say. They're obviously having this |
| 1:34.4 | best of Texarkana. And it's the best attorneys in Texarkana edition that they're having. |
| 1:39.4 | Yep. Yep. And so they've got all of these different practice areas. And so he asked me to nominate him for one of these practice areas. |
| 1:48.2 | And as I was going through there, I couldn't help myself. |
| 1:51.5 | But nominate, not just John Ross, but nominate John K. Ross, the fourth, Esquire. |
| 2:00.5 | So I am hoping so badly that you get chosen for one of those, and it's |
| 2:05.5 | published with John K. Ross the 4th, Esquire. So, well, I appreciate that. I'm going to, that because |
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