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Secure Act 2.0 -- Updates You Can Use

Happy New Year!

After months of debate, Congress finally passed some significant changes to retirement laws at the end of 2022. (1)

The Setting Every Community Up for Retirement Enhancement (SECURE) Act 2.0 changes are numerous, complex, and will roll out over several years.

So let's focus for now on some changes for 2023: (2)

1. The age at which required minimum distributions (RMDs) begin increased to 73 in 2023.

AP News Interview Feature: How to balance competing savings goals

We were recently featured in an AP News article entitled “How to balance competing savings goals”

See the article here: https://apnews.com/article/a12838a96a99b4d2b3273c246bc61e2a

Here’s one excerpt from the article:

“Now more than ever, people are understanding the importance of a rainy day fund,” says Eric Maldonado, certified financial planner and owner of Aquila Wealth Advisors in San Luis Obispo, California. “It’s good fundamentals to have cash in case stuff starts costing more.”