{"id":52379,"date":"2021-10-18T07:15:00","date_gmt":"2021-10-18T11:15:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.shortform.com\/blog\/?p=52379"},"modified":"2021-10-26T09:42:55","modified_gmt":"2021-10-26T13:42:55","slug":"tax-deferred-retirement-plan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.shortform.com\/blog\/tax-deferred-retirement-plan\/","title":{"rendered":"What Is a Tax-Deferred Retirement Plan?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>How much money do you set aside towards your retirement savings? What can you do to minimize how much taxes eat away from your retirement fund? <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>According to David Bach, the author of <em>The Automatic Millionaire<\/em>, you need to contribute to your retirement account before you pay your taxes to make the most out of your income. You can achieve this by using a<strong> <\/strong>tax-deferred retirement plan\u2014a plan that allows you to send money to your retirement account without having to pay tax on it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In this article, you&#8217;ll learn how paying taxes impacts your retirement savings, and how you can minimize this impact by opting for a tax-deferred retirement plan. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>How Paying Taxes Impacts Your Savings<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>The government takes approximately 30 cents per dollar of your salary as tax before the money is sent to your checking account. To illustrate how this impacts you, the following chart lists what you earn both before and after-tax (assuming you pay 30% tax):<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"732\" height=\"123\" src=\"https:\/\/www.shortform.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/tax-chart.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-52547\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.shortform.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/tax-chart.jpg 732w, https:\/\/www.shortform.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/tax-chart-300x50.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 732px) 100vw, 732px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>This means that<strong> <\/strong>if you intend to contribute 10% of your income towards your retirement,<strong> the amount you end up contributing <\/strong><strong><em>after<\/em><\/strong><strong> you pay your taxes is considerably lower than the amount you\u2019d contribute <\/strong><strong><em>before<\/em><\/strong><strong> you pay your taxes.&nbsp;<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>For example, if you earn $20,000 and you intend to contribute 10% to your retirement account, you can contribute $2,000 before you pay tax, compared to $1,400 after you\u2019ve paid your tax.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Bach argues that you need to legally bypass the government\u2019s taxation to maximize the earning potential of your retirement fund and get the most out of your earned dollars. You can achieve this by using a<strong> tax-deferred retirement plan<\/strong>\u2014a plan that allows you to send money to your retirement account without having to pay tax on it. The following table demonstrates how much you can save and then earn per dollar (based on an annual return of 10%) by choosing to contribute to your retirement before you pay your taxes:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table><tbody><tr><td><\/td><td><strong>Pre Tax Retirement Contributions<\/strong><\/td><td><strong>After-Tax Retirement Contributions<\/strong><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><strong>Gross Income<\/strong><\/td><td>$10<\/td><td>$10<\/td><\/tr><tr><td><strong>Minus taxes =<\/strong><\/td><td>$10 &#8211; 0% = <strong>$10<\/strong><\/td><td>$10 &#8211; 30% = <strong>$7<\/strong><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><strong>+ 10% annual return<\/strong><\/td><td>$10 + 10% =<strong> $11<\/strong><\/td><td>$7 + 10% = <strong>$7.70<\/strong><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><strong>Is the investment taxable?<\/strong><\/td><td>No<\/td><td>Yes<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>The Disadvantages of Tax-Deferred Retirement Plans<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>While using a tax-deferred retirement plan does offer the immediate advantage of paying less tax now so that you can <a href=\"https:\/\/www.shortform.com\/blog\/how-to-save-more-money\/\">save more money<\/a>, it may end up <a href=\"https:\/\/www.aarp.org\/work\/retirement-planning\/info-2014\/tax-deferred-retirement-savings-balance.html\"><em>costing you more<\/em> once you retire<\/a>.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>When you withdraw money from a tax-deferred account, it\u2019s taxed as income for the year in which you make the withdrawal\u2014the tax you pay depends on how much you withdraw, the same way that the amount of tax you pay depends on your income. The following list, based on the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.investopedia.com\/ask\/answers\/030316\/do-retirement-account-withdrawals-affect-tax-brackets.asp\">tax brackets for 2021<\/a>, shows the amount of tax you\u2019ll pay for withdrawals from your tax-deferred account:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>10%: up to $9,950<\/li><li>12%: up to $40,525<\/li><li>22%: up to $86,375<\/li><li>24%: up to $164,925<\/li><li>32%: up to $209,425<\/li><li>35%: up to $523,600<\/li><li>37%: over $523,600<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>This means that the more money you withdraw from your tax-deferred account, the more tax you pay after you retire. If you intend to withdraw large amounts of money to fund a dream vacation, pay for a family wedding, or cover unexpected expenses, you may end up paying more tax than you would\u2019ve when you originally earned the money.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>If you expect to have high expenses after you retire, there are other options to avoid paying taxes on your withdrawals\u2014we\u2019ll cover these later on in this chapter.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>How much money do you set aside towards your retirement savings? What can you do to minimize how much taxes eat away from your retirement fund? According to David Bach, the author of The Automatic Millionaire, you need to contribute to your retirement account before you pay your taxes to make the most out of your income. You can achieve this by using a tax-deferred retirement plan\u2014a plan that allows you to send money to your retirement account without having to pay tax on it. 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