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Paul Kisielewski, Investment Adviser Representative

Why Most People Overpay Taxes in Retirement — and Don't Even Know It

An older woman puts her hands on her cheeks with a look of surprise.

Retirement is supposed to be the reward for decades of disciplined saving. But for many retirees, a hidden tax problem quietly erodes what they've worked so hard to build — not through fraud or negligence, but through a lack of coordination between their income sources and their tax exposure.

Most retirees don't realize they're overpaying until after the damage is done. In retirement, the biggest tax triggers aren't wages — they're the benefits and accounts you spent a lifetime accumulating.

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