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You did everything right.
You saved. You invested. You played by the rules.
Why are so many successful retirees shocked by taxes after they stop working?
Because retirement taxes do not work the way you think they do. In retirement, taxes are not a smooth, predictable slider. They are a set of hidden tripwires. One extra IRA withdrawal can make more of your Social Security taxable. One stock sale can trigger Medicare penalties. One "normal" income year can quietly unleash surcharges, phaseouts, and stealth taxes that stack on top of your regular tax bill.
Defuse the Bomb is a plain-English guide to the retirement tax system most people never see until it is too late. No jargon. Minimal math. Just clear explanations, real-world stories, and practical strategies you can understand on the first read.
Inside you will discover:
? Why your tax bracket is not your real tax rate in retirement
? How the Social Security "tax torpedo" turns small withdrawals into big tax surprises
? How Medicare surcharges (IRMAA) can punish you for a single income event
? Why stealth taxes are Washington's favorite way to raise revenue quietly
? How smart sequencing decisions can reduce lifetime taxes dramatically
The graphics are occasionally fun because they make complex ideas easier to grasp fast. But the message is serious.
If you have built meaningful retirement savings, you are in the bullseye: successful enough to get hit, but not wealthy enough to be immune.
Read this before the IRS and Medicare take their turn with your nest egg.
About the Author
George McReynolds, CFP® has spent four decades helping
successful professionals, executives, and retirees navigate
the intersection of taxes, retirement income, and real-world
decision-making. His career spans banking, tax prep and tax
planning, financial planning, insurance and investments, giving
him a rare, ground-level view of how small decisions quietly compound into large outcomes over time.
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