sábado, 28 de abril de 2012

Do You Need To Plan For Retirement?

By Tyron Cleine


This article will assist people to understand the importance of having a plan for retirement and how to get one. Creating a solid retirement plan can help you avoid financial challenges in retirement.

Step 1 - Plan Retirement Goals

Before creating a retirement plan, you must clearly define the goals you want to achieve after retiring. For example:

1 Where do you want to live?

2 What income will you require?

3 Do you need to plan for any ad-hoc retirement expenses, such as a holiday?

4 What major purchases do you foresee, such as buying a new car or renovating?

5 Do you intend to stay in the family home, or downsize?

Proper retirement planning will allow you to determine your exact position before retiring

Step 2 - Determine Your Likely Retirement Position

Once you're clear on your retirement goals, the next step is to calculate your likely retirement position at retirement and see if there's a gap.

Sometimes, the income required to meet your goals be higher than the income you expect to receive.

Step 3 - Specialist Retirement Planning Advice

When your current situation will not be enough for you to achieve your retirement goals,, then you'll should consider getting advice from a financial planner who specialises in retirement planning.

A retirement planning specialist can more accurately project your likely retirement position to identify if you'll have enough money to meet your retirement goals.

Then, they can provide you with different retirement options and help you develop a retirement plan to reduce any gap between your current and desired situation.

The more time you have to plan your retirement, the bigger the impact you can have on your retirement savings. That's why it's important to start planning your retirement several years before you're ready to retire.

A financial planner can help you:

1 Improve any eligibility to the Centrelink pension

2 Determine how long your money will last in retirement

3 Converting any acquired superannuation into pension

4 Minimise your tax at retirement (leaving more money to meet your retirement goals)

5 Advice you on which investments match your tolerance to investment risk

Step 4 - You'll Need To Update Your Retirement Plan

Retirement planning is not always set and forget. At least annually you should review your retirement plan and ensure you're still going to meet your retirement goals. Changes are often required and your retirement goals may also change as your approach retirement.

Just as importantly, you will usually need advice to maintain your situation and adjust for any changes after you retire. For example, changes to your income needs, health, assets, investment movements and changes in the law .

A quality retirement planning firm will offer you ongoing service to monitor your situation and keep you up-to-date on the latest market movements and legislative changes that may impact your retirement plan.




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