GUARANTEED INCOME + TAX-FREE GROWTH
The Coordinated Income-and-Tax Strategy Many High Earners Have Not Seen — And a Longevity Approach Designed So You May Not Outlive Your Income.
I help pre-retirees build a retirement income foundation designed to last as long as they do.
You are maximizing your 401(k) contributions and your CPA files your return — yet you may still owe substantial tax each April, because every dollar in that account comes out taxed as ordinary income, including Required Minimum Distributions that begin at age 73 whether you need the income or not.
For earners above the Roth IRA income phase-out threshold, direct Roth contributions are unavailable. There is no income limit on Roth conversions, and an IUL under IRC Section 7702 has no IRS contribution ceiling. A well-designed strategy is often not IUL or Roth — but both, coordinated with your CPA.
For pre-retirees: a contractual income floor means you may not need to sell market-exposed assets during a downturn to fund living expenses. A guaranteed income stream for as long as you live is among the more structurally reliable ways to address longevity risk. Guarantees are backed solely by the claims-paying ability of the issuing insurance company.
Guarantees are backed solely by the claims-paying ability of the issuing insurance company.
The Data Behind Longevity and Sequence of Returns Risk
A 65-year-old woman today has a 50% probability of living past age 88 and a 25% probability of living past age 94. For a 65-year-old couple, there is a 50% probability that at least one partner lives past age 92. These are median actuarial projections — not worst-case scenarios.
On sequence of returns: a retiree experiencing a 30% loss in year one while withdrawing 4% annually faces a materially different outcome than the same loss in year fifteen. The sequence, not the average return, often determines whether a plan succeeds.
A guaranteed lifetime income annuity is designed to address both exposures simultaneously. Guarantees are backed solely by the claims-paying ability of the issuing insurance company.
The Process
From Exposure to Structure — Four Steps to a Guaranteed Retirement Income Floor
Understand Your Longevity
We model your unique lifespan risks and goals.
Define Your Floor
We determine the baseline income you need to maintain your independence.
Build the Foundation
We establish that income floor by contract — a Fixed Index Annuity with a lifetime income rider.
Coordinate the Growth
The rest of the portfolio stays invested for growth, with essential needs covered by contract.
The Volatility Buffer — Why the Income Floor Changes the Behavior of Everything Else
When baseline income is established by contract, growth assets are less likely to be sold under pressure during a downturn. The guaranteed floor and the growth allocation can function as two separate systems, so a market decline becomes a temporary condition the income floor does not register.
The growth side has the opportunity to recover when conditions improve, rather than being drawn down at the worst possible moment. A portfolio-only approach provides no contractual income guarantee and no protection against sequence-of-returns timing.
The Three-Tool System — Designed for Both Audiences
For pre-retirees: the annuity income floor addresses market risk and longevity risk by contract. It also lowers the taxable income baseline, creating bracket capacity for annual Roth conversion during the window between retirement and the first Required Minimum Distribution at age 73. The CPA executes the conversion strategy. This practice designs the insurance architecture.
For high earners: an IUL structured under IRC Section 7702 provides tax-free accumulation with no IRS contribution limits and no Required Minimum Distributions — expanding tax-free capacity beyond what the annual Roth contribution limit alone can build. Roth conversion coordination with your CPA reduces the pre-tax balance that will eventually force taxable distributions.
Three tools. One coordinated system. No AUM fees. CPA collaborative. Licensed in 10 states.
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