What Happens to Your Financial Life When You Retire? A 12-Month Checklist
Retirement changes more than your work schedule. Use this 12-month retirement checklist to review Medicare, Social Security, cash flow, portfolio withdrawals, taxes, estate documents, and employer benefits.
Retirement is often described as a milestone, but financially, it is better viewed as a transition.
For decades, your financial life may have revolved around a paycheck, employer-sponsored benefits, regular retirement plan contributions, and a relatively predictable tax structure. Once you retire, many of those familiar systems change at the same time. Your paycheck may disappear, healthcare coverage may shift, retirement accounts may become sources of income rather than savings vehicles, and tax decisions can become more interconnected.