Your retirement income blueprint: a six-step plan to design and build a secure retirement

As more and more Canadian boomers are approaching retirement, the transition from accumulating assets in their working years to creating a reliable stream of income in retirement is becoming a top-priority issue for a huge segment ofthe population. Your Retirement Income Blueprint is an antidote for Canadianswho are generally ineptly advised, under-serviced, and over-charged by advisors on planning retirement income. Based on the author's specialized experiencein retirement income planning, this book will help readers to work through the many stages of their retirement and adapt their income plans to account for constantly changing health and family issues. The book will help you to:Combine government and personal sources of income most efficientlyDetermine which assets to use first and which to deferPreserve government benefits and entitlements that are in many cases needlessly wasted or lostCreate results that are more survivor- and estate-friendly than traditional approachesGreatly reduce taxes on retirement income and to the aggregate estate.Your Retirement Income Blueprint lays out a six-step process for "taking apart" accumulated assets, making the most out of what you have taken a lifetime to save, and creating an income that lasts as long as you do. INDICE: Preface: The Evolution of a Book and of a Demographic ixIntroduction 1PART ONE: Considerations in Creating Your BlueprintChapter 1: Talking ‘Bout My Generation 7Chapter 2: Key Concepts for an Efficient Blueprint 17PART TWO: Building Your Income Plan with the Six-Step PlanChapter 3: Laying the Foundation for Your Income Plan 31Chapter 4: Putting Your Money to Work 57PART THREE: The Building MaterialsChapter 5: Government Sources of Income 91Chapter 6: Corporate Sources of Income 105Chapter 7: Personal Sources of Income 131PART FOUR: Essential Tax ConsiderationsChapter 8: It’s Floodin’ Down in Taxes 151Chapter 9: Tax Planning 163PART FIVE: Special Tools and StrategiesChapter 10: Witha Little Help from My Friends 177Chapter 11: Insuring Your Building 201PART SIX: Concluding ThoughtsChapter 12: Making This Book Work for You 221Appendix: Life Income Fund (LIF) Comparison by Province 226Acknowledgements 231Index 233

• ISBN: 978-1-118-08752-7
• Editorial: John Wiley & Sons
• Encuadernacion: Rústica
• Páginas: 256
• Fecha Publicación: 10/05/2012
• Nº Volúmenes: 1
• Idioma: Inglés