Tax Management in Traditional Retirement (Phase 3)

This is Part 3c of our Retirement Withdrawal Strategies series. Quick summary so far: Part 1: When can you access your retirement savings? Part 2: How to avoid paying US and UK tax again (or at least minimize them) Part 3a: Putting it together in Early Retirement Part 3b: Putting it together in Middle Retirement

Estimating Social Security for Americans in the UK

I’m back after a short break – a week on holiday in Cornwall, and another week just catching up. I’ll continue my withdrawal strategies series in due course, but this is another quick aside, which is related but not central to that series. A lot of people in the FIRE community, especially on the younger

Tax Management in Middle Retirement (Phase 2)

This is Part 3b of our Retirement Withdrawal Strategies series. Quick summary so far: Part 1: When can you access your retirement savings? Part 2: How to avoid paying US and UK tax again (or at least minimize them) Part 3a: Putting it together in Early Retirement Today, we’ll look at “Middle Retirement” or Phase

Putting it Together: Tax Management in Early Retirement (Phase 1)

This is Part 3a of our Retirement Withdrawal Strategies series. In Part 1, we looked at when you can actually access your retirement savings, dividing retirement roughly into three phases: In Part 2, we explored the tax-free buckets that you can use so you never pay US or UK tax again (or at least keep

US Employer Pensions (401(k), etc.) (Account Options)

This is a big one – it might be limited in your ability to contribute moving forward, but for many Americans who move to the UK after starting their career in the US, you’ve got one or more employer pension accounts, possibly with substantial balances. For our purposes, the rules are pretty much the same

US Traditional IRA (Account Options)

This is an option with a big question mark, even if the question is answered favorably, it’s still relatively limited, but I wanted to include it in the list of account options to be comprehensive. I’d be interested in your thoughts about how you use it as an American in the UK, if you do.

UK Cash ISA (Account Options)

Now we’re getting to the accounts that aren’t part of the flowchart for a “typical” American in the UK planning for retirement, but they have their purposes and might be useful in your individual plan. Synopsis A Cash ISA is a glorified savings account that’s UK tax free, US taxable. Most people don’t pay UK

My Story

I don’t intend for this site to be primarily about me – I won’t be doing monthly net worth updates or anything like that (maybe an annual high-level look back at the year). But I thought it might be useful to give a little bit of my history, so you can get to know me

US & UK Taxable Brokerage (Account Options)

I’ve lumped US and UK taxable brokerage accounts together because they’re conceptually very similar. There are slightly different challenges, based on the available investments, but I’ll call out where they differ. For most Americans in the UK, you’re best off with a US account, if you can get somebody to let you have one! Synopsis

S&S ISA Experiment – Getting Started

One of the triggers that got me started with this site was my recent experience of opening a Stocks & Shares ISA. I’d like to share my experience so far with all of you, in the hopes it might help if you’re in a similar situations. I’ll also post periodic updates, to see how this