{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"The Tax Reduction Podcast","title":"Retirement Planning Overview: The Tax Tool Business Owners Keep Putting Off (The R in CLEAR EDGE) [EP8]","html":"","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":817,"description":"What if one of the best ways to lower your tax bill this year also happened to build wealth for your future? If you're a U.S. business owner paying serious money to the IRS every year, retirement planning is not just about someday. It can be one of the most powerful tax tools available to you right now.\nIn Episode 8 of The Tax Reduction Podcast, Chris Middleton from MakeTaxesFair.com breaks down the Retirement Planning pillar (the R in the CLEAR EDGE Framework) and reframes retirement from \"a future problem\" into \"a current-year tax strategy.\"\nYou will learn:\nWhy retirement planning is a right-now planning lever, not a someday conversation.\nThe four ways a retirement contribution pays you: a current deduction, tax-deferred growth, tax-free growth in some situations, and better long-term positioning.\nThe real story of a client who passed on it for ten straight years and left $300,000 to $500,000 unfunded.\nWhat actually lives inside this pillar: IRAs and Roths, SEP and SIMPLE IRAs, Solo 401(k)s, employer-sponsored plans, profit-sharing features, defined benefit and cash balance concepts, and owner-only versus employee-inclusive designs.\nWhy \"my business is my retirement plan\" is the most expensive assumption in the pillar, and what happens when a health event forces the sale.\nThe five most common retirement-pillar mistakes, starting with the one that quietly limits your options before you ever ask the question.\nA simple \"tale of two owners\" showing what waiting until tax time actually costs.\nHow this pillar connects to Legal Structure, Employees, Accumulation of Wealth, Deduction Optimization, and Exit Planning.\nMake Taxes Fair are tax advisors, not financial planners. Our sandbox is tax savings. We don't manage portfolios or recommend specific investments. We work alongside licensed professionals so the tax side of your retirement decision is actually planned instead of discovered in April.\nStick to the end and download the free Retirement Planning guide at...","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/TX5q9WxXoFlRZWM60h-P2sgkLj_CM_z6W24rdmFYgiI/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS81MTlm/NTAyY2YyOGMwZWNj/NmE0YTRjYjVjMjVm/ZDEwYS5qcGc.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}