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<p><span class="BZ_Pyq_fadeIn">Chris </span><span class="BZ_Pyq_fadeIn">is </span><span class="BZ_Pyq_fadeIn">joined </span><span class="BZ_Pyq_fadeIn">by </span><span class="BZ_Pyq_fadeIn">Jake </span><span class="BZ_Pyq_fadeIn">Turner </span><span class="BZ_Pyq_fadeIn">to </span><span class="BZ_Pyq_fadeIn">discuss </span><span class="BZ_Pyq_fadeIn">listener </span><span class="BZ_Pyq_fadeIn">emails </span><span class="BZ_Pyq_fadeIn">on </span><span class="BZ_Pyq_fadeIn">tax </span><span class="BZ_Pyq_fadeIn">filing </span><span class="BZ_Pyq_fadeIn">for </span><span class="BZ_Pyq_fadeIn">mega </span><span class="BZ_Pyq_fadeIn">backdoor </span><span class="BZ_Pyq_fadeIn">Roth </span><span class="BZ_Pyq_fadeIn">contributions, use of HSA funds</span><span class="BZ_Pyq_fadeIn">,</span><span class="BZ_Pyq_fadeIn"> I </span><span class="BZ_Pyq_fadeIn">Bonds </span><span class="BZ_Pyq_fadeIn">redemption </span><span class="BZ_Pyq_fadeIn">timing, </span><span class="BZ_Pyq_fadeIn">lowering </span><span class="BZ_Pyq_fadeIn">RMD </span><span class="BZ_Pyq_fadeIn">pressure, </span><span class="BZ_Pyq_fadeIn">and </span><span class="BZ_Pyq_fadeIn">Roth </span><span class="BZ_Pyq_fadeIn">conversions. </span></p>
<p><span class="BZ_Pyq_fadeIn">(</span><span class="BZ_Pyq_fadeIn">6:</span><span class="BZ_Pyq_fadeIn">30) </span><span class="BZ_Pyq_fadeIn">George </span><span class="BZ_Pyq_fadeIn">asks </span><span class="BZ_Pyq_fadeIn">whether </span><span class="BZ_Pyq_fadeIn">leaving </span><span class="BZ_Pyq_fadeIn">a </span><span class="BZ_Pyq_fadeIn">1099-</span><span class="BZ_Pyq_fadeIn">R </span><span class="BZ_Pyq_fadeIn">off </span><span class="BZ_Pyq_fadeIn">a </span><span class="BZ_Pyq_fadeIn">return </span><span class="BZ_Pyq_fadeIn">after </span><span class="BZ_Pyq_fadeIn">after-</span><span class="BZ_Pyq_fadeIn">tax </span><span class="BZ_Pyq_fadeIn">401(</span><span class="BZ_Pyq_fadeIn">k) </span><span class="BZ_Pyq_fadeIn">money </span><span class="BZ_Pyq_fadeIn">was </span><span class="BZ_Pyq_fadeIn">immediately </span><span class="BZ_Pyq_fadeIn">converted </span><span class="BZ_Pyq_fadeIn">to </span><span class="BZ_Pyq_fadeIn">Roth </span><span class="BZ_Pyq_fadeIn">means </span><span class="BZ_Pyq_fadeIn">an </span><span class="BZ_Pyq_fadeIn">amended </span><span class="BZ_Pyq_fadeIn">return </span><span class="BZ_Pyq_fadeIn">is </span><span class="BZ_Pyq_fadeIn">needed </span><span class="BZ_Pyq_fadeIn">or </span><span class="BZ_Pyq_fadeIn">whether </span><span class="BZ_Pyq_fadeIn">the </span><span class="BZ_Pyq_fadeIn">IRS </span><span class="BZ_Pyq_fadeIn">will </span><span class="BZ_Pyq_fadeIn">simply </span><span class="BZ_Pyq_fadeIn">follow </span><span class="BZ_Pyq_fadeIn">up. </span></p>
<p><span class="BZ_Pyq_fadeIn">(</span><span class="BZ_Pyq_fadeIn">12:</span><span class="BZ_Pyq_fadeIn">15) </span><span class="BZ_Pyq_fadeIn">A </span><span class="BZ_Pyq_fadeIn">listener </span><span class="BZ_Pyq_fadeIn">asks </span><span class="BZ_Pyq_fadeIn">whether </span><span class="BZ_Pyq_fadeIn">HSA </span><span class="BZ_Pyq_fadeIn">funds </span><span class="BZ_Pyq_fadeIn">can </span><span class="BZ_Pyq_fadeIn">be </span><span class="BZ_Pyq_fadeIn">used </span><span class="BZ_Pyq_fadeIn">pre-</span><span class="BZ_Pyq_fadeIn">tax </span><span class="BZ_Pyq_fadeIn">to </span><span class="BZ_Pyq_fadeIn">pay </span><span class="BZ_Pyq_fadeIn">fully </span><span class="BZ_Pyq_fadeIn">self-</span><span class="BZ_Pyq_fadeIn">funded </span><span class="BZ_Pyq_fadeIn">health </span><span class="BZ_Pyq_fadeIn">insurance </span><span class="BZ_Pyq_fadeIn">premiums.</span></p>
<p><span class="BZ_Pyq_fadeIn">(</span><span class="BZ_Pyq_fadeIn">17:</span><span class="BZ_Pyq_fadeIn">30) </span><span class="BZ_Pyq_fadeIn">The </span><span class="BZ_Pyq_fadeIn">guys </span><span class="BZ_Pyq_fadeIn">are </span><span class="BZ_Pyq_fadeIn">asked </span><span class="BZ_Pyq_fadeIn">how </span><span class="BZ_Pyq_fadeIn">to </span><span class="BZ_Pyq_fadeIn">evaluate </span><span class="BZ_Pyq_fadeIn">redeeming </span><span class="BZ_Pyq_fadeIn">high </span><span class="BZ_Pyq_fadeIn">fixed-</span><span class="BZ_Pyq_fadeIn">rate </span><span class="BZ_Pyq_fadeIn">I </span><span class="BZ_Pyq_fadeIn">Bonds </span><span class="BZ_Pyq_fadeIn">over </span><span class="BZ_Pyq_fadeIn">several </span><span class="BZ_Pyq_fadeIn">years </span><span class="BZ_Pyq_fadeIn">versus </span><span class="BZ_Pyq_fadeIn">waiting </span><span class="BZ_Pyq_fadeIn">until </span><span class="BZ_Pyq_fadeIn">maturity </span><span class="BZ_Pyq_fadeIn">and </span><span class="BZ_Pyq_fadeIn">risking </span><span class="BZ_Pyq_fadeIn">a </span><span class="BZ_Pyq_fadeIn">large </span><span class="BZ_Pyq_fadeIn">one-</span><span class="BZ_Pyq_fadeIn">year </span><span class="BZ_Pyq_fadeIn">tax </span><span class="BZ_Pyq_fadeIn">bill </span><span class="BZ_Pyq_fadeIn">and </span><span class="BZ_Pyq_fadeIn">IRMAA </span><span class="BZ_Pyq_fadeIn">hit. </span></p>
<p><span class="BZ_Pyq_fadeIn">(</span><span class="BZ_Pyq_fadeIn">30:</span><span class="BZ_Pyq_fadeIn">45) Chris and Jake</span><span class="BZ_Pyq_fadeIn"> </span><span class="BZ_Pyq_fadeIn">hear </span><span class="BZ_Pyq_fadeIn">from </span><span class="BZ_Pyq_fadeIn">a </span><span class="BZ_Pyq_fadeIn">widowed </span><span class="BZ_Pyq_fadeIn">listener </span><span class="BZ_Pyq_fadeIn">looking </span><span class="BZ_Pyq_fadeIn">for </span><span class="BZ_Pyq_fadeIn">ways </span><span class="BZ_Pyq_fadeIn">to </span><span class="BZ_Pyq_fadeIn">reduce </span><span class="BZ_Pyq_fadeIn">future </span><span class="BZ_Pyq_fadeIn">RMDs </span><span class="BZ_Pyq_fadeIn">and </span><span class="BZ_Pyq_fadeIn">IRMAA </span><span class="BZ_Pyq_fadeIn">without </span><span class="BZ_Pyq_fadeIn">using </span><span class="BZ_Pyq_fadeIn">Roth </span><span class="BZ_Pyq_fadeIn">conversions </span><span class="BZ_Pyq_fadeIn">or </span><span class="BZ_Pyq_fadeIn">QCDs. </span></p>
<p><span class="BZ_Pyq_fadeIn">(</span><span class="BZ_Pyq_fadeIn">47:</span><span class="BZ_Pyq_fadeIn">45) </span><span class="BZ_Pyq_fadeIn">Another </span><span class="BZ_Pyq_fadeIn">listener </span><span class="BZ_Pyq_fadeIn">asks </span><span class="BZ_Pyq_fadeIn">whether </span><span class="BZ_Pyq_fadeIn">doing </span><span class="BZ_Pyq_fadeIn">very </span><span class="BZ_Pyq_fadeIn">large </span><span class="BZ_Pyq_fadeIn">Roth </span><span class="BZ_Pyq_fadeIn">conversions </span><span class="BZ_Pyq_fadeIn">over </span><span class="BZ_Pyq_fadeIn">a </span><span class="BZ_Pyq_fadeIn">few </span><span class="BZ_Pyq_fadeIn">years </span><span class="BZ_Pyq_fadeIn">could </span><span class="BZ_Pyq_fadeIn">make </span><span class="BZ_Pyq_fadeIn">more </span><span class="BZ_Pyq_fadeIn">sense </span><span class="BZ_Pyq_fadeIn">than </span><span class="BZ_Pyq_fadeIn">staying </span><span class="BZ_Pyq_fadeIn">within </span><span class="BZ_Pyq_fadeIn">lower </span><span class="BZ_Pyq_fadeIn">tax </span><span class="BZ_Pyq_fadeIn">brackets </span><span class="BZ_Pyq_fadeIn">over </span><span class="BZ_Pyq_fadeIn">a </span><span class="BZ_Pyq_fadeIn">longer </span><span class="BZ_Pyq_fadeIn">period.</span></p>
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