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Approaching Income and Net Worth Differently in Retirement

Approaching Income and Net Worth Differently in Retirement Hilltop Wealth Solutions

Your daily routine, from tying your tie in the morning to loosening it when you get home, has probably been done for most of your life. When you retire, your daily routine and your financial routine will shift as well. Your saving and wealth accumulation strategy was in place in your working years. But in retirement, your goal is to spend your money wisely, not to accumulate it. This requires a much different approach to how you view your money.

Making the Switch to Paying Yourself

When you’re ready to switch from earning money externally to paying yourself, your net worth and income should be viewed in a different light. You’ve gotten used to seeing income as something which comes to you from working- staying busy, and your net worth as something you build and contribute. Instead, your net worth should be viewed as something you actively tap into, and your income as something you create yourself and not from external sources.

What Does This Change?

Though this approach to thinking about your net worth and income may seem unactionable, in practice it comes with some serious consequences for the way you spend your money. Throughout your life, you’ve wanted to boost your income in order to cover your expenses, save, and invest in your future. This perspective puts your income as the foundation of your life and your achievements.

However, if you attempt to carry that mindset over to retirement, maximizing your income will leave you paying more in taxes than you need to, slashing the lifespan of the savings you worked so hard to build.

What makes up your net worth – retirement accounts, dividend investments, rental properties, or other assets – should provide you with the income you need to cover your expenses, but since you’ve already accumulated and built up your net worth, any excess income will be a hindrance to your retirement longevity.

Making the switch from saving to spending is like going from driving a car to flying a plane. It’s a whole new question to ask of your money and there are a lot of new tools, frames of mind, and opportunities to be aware of to successfully navigate your retirement. Rather than learn the whole retirement game on the fly, we can help guide you toward achieving your retirement goals.

Hilltop Wealth Solutions (“Hilltop”) is a registered investment advisor with the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) and only transacts business in states where it is properly registered or is excluded or exempted from registration requirements. SEC registration does not imply a certain level of skill or training. Please refer to our Form ADV Part 2A disclosure and Client Relationship Summary (Form CRS) for additional information regarding the qualifications and business practices of Hilltop. Hilltop Wealth Solutions, LLC is an SEC Registered Investment Adviser firm. Hilltop Tax Solutions, LLC, is an affiliate of Hilltop. Wealth Solutions that provides tax and bookkeeping services.
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