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Social Security uses your top 35 income years, adjusted for inflation, to calculate benefits. Claiming benefits before full retirement age leads to permanently reduced monthly payments. Delaying ...

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401(k) holders must start RMDs at 73 to ensure taxed withdrawals, facing a 25% penalty for non-compliance. RMD avoidable if still employed at the sponsoring company at 73 with <5% ownership; IRAs ...