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Retirement
- http://www.socialsecurity.gov
U.S. Social Security Administration…..it is all there, how to apply, how to estimate your social security income, Medicare etc. Sign in or create your My Social Security Account.
- http://www.socialsecurity.gov/estimator/
allows any individual to estimate Social Security benefits online.
- http://www.socialsecurity.gov/OACT/population/longevity.html
This calculator shows the average number of additional years that a person is expected to live based only on their age and gender. Lifestyle factors, health status, and family health history are not considered.
- www.dol.gov/dol/topic/retirement/index.htm
Explains different types of retirement plans, ie. 401ks, 403bs
- http://www.irs.gov/retirement/article/0,,id=111413,00.html This Web site contains an Internal Revenue Service (IRS) fact sheet with frequently-asked questions about IRAs.
- www.irs.gov
For the latest information on IRA contribution income limits and other rules see publication 590, section on IRAs.
- http://njaes.rutgers.edu/money/ira-table.asp This online fact sheet from Rutgers Cooperative Extension shows the appropriate divisors for taxpayers over age 70½ to use to withdraw the correct RMD amount from tax-deferred retirement savings plans.
- http://beginnersinvest.about.com/cs/iras/f/tradvsrothira.htm
Describes differences between traditional IRAs and Roth IRAs, which is best for you.
- http://www.getrichslowly.org/blog/2007/06/07/how-to-start-a-roth-ira-and-where-to-do-it/
Describes how to start an IRA and where to start it.
- choosetosave.org/ballpark
The Ballpark E$timate is an easy-to-use, two-page worksheet that helps you quickly identify approximately how much you need to save to fund a comfortable retirement. The Ballpark E$timate takes complicated issues like projected Social Security benefits and earnings assumptions on savings, and turns them into language and mathematics that are easy to understand.