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Money Guy Show

Will the Financial Order of Operations (FOO) Ever Change?

Money Guy Show

Brian Preston, CPA, CFP®, PFS and Bo Hanson, CFA, CFP® | Fee-Only Fiduciary Advisors

Investing, Education, Business

4.73.1K Ratings

🗓️ 12 June 2023

⏱️ 29 minutes

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Summary

A listener asked us if we anticipate ever needing to adapt or change the Financial Order of Operations down the road - so what do we think? We'll walk you through that question and more in today's Q&A episode! Jump start your journey with our FREE financial resources Reach your goals faster with our products Take the relationship to the next level: become a client Subscribe on YouTube for early access and go beyond the podcast Connect with us on social media for more content Bring confidence to your wealth building with simplified strategies from The Money Guy. Learn how to apply financial tactics that go beyond common sense and help you reach your money goals faster. Make your assets do the heavy lifting so you can quit worrying and start living a more fulfilled life. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

Okay, next up we have a question from Austin.

0:09.8

He says, I've heard for younger investors, under 25% total taxes, Roth is more favorable

0:16.5

and above 30% traditional is more favorable.

0:20.6

Do tax percentage rules change based on age and if so, how?

0:26.6

Does percentage rules do not change based on age?

0:31.2

What makes the most sense for you, however, does change based on age.

0:35.7

Now we have see people all the time that say, hey, I don't care.

0:39.3

Even if you are a 22 year old, you make a million bucks a year.

0:42.6

You're in the top tax bracket and you live in a high tax state.

0:46.8

Even then, you ought to do Roth.

0:49.5

I understand the academia behind that and the thought of long term tax-free growth, but I

0:54.6

also understand the value of present day tax savings.

0:58.8

If I can give you a dollar and in return, you're going to give me a 30% immediate rate of

1:03.6

return.

1:04.6

That's how you can think about the tax savings.

1:06.3

It's really, really difficult to walk away from that benefit.

1:11.4

However, we have seen, later in life, we have clients that have very large 401Ks and

1:17.6

they've got very large taxable brokerage accounts and they're still saving in their 401K.

1:22.4

They're thinking, you know what?

1:23.8

I'm not going to run out of money.

1:26.3

What I really need to be thinking about are how I'm going to legacy plan for the next

1:31.7

generation.

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