{"id":1183521,"date":"2026-09-03T02:43:19","date_gmt":"2026-09-03T02:43:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/1183521\/"},"modified":"2026-09-03T02:43:19","modified_gmt":"2026-09-03T02:43:19","slug":"making-cents-what-to-know-about-the-retirement-tax-torpedo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/1183521\/","title":{"rendered":"Making Cents: What to know about the retirement tax torpedo"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Making Cents: What to know about the retirement tax torpedo<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/author_avatar.png\" width=\"48\" height=\"48\" alt=\"Jennifer Parsons\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/p>\n<p data-node-id=\"0\">More than 4.1 million Americans are turning 65 this year.<\/p>\n<p data-node-id=\"1\">As baby boomers head into retirement, that milestone comes with a potential tax hit that many may not be prepared for. <\/p>\n<p data-node-id=\"2\">Financial adviser Kathryn McCall joined KCRA 3 to talk about what\u2019s called a retirement tax torpedo. <\/p>\n<p data-node-id=\"3\">She said that when someone\u2019s income hits a certain level, more of their Social Security becomes taxable. Also, when someone hits a certain age, the government requires people to take out money from their retirement account, McCall said. <\/p>\n<p data-node-id=\"4\">That\u2019s where the tax torpedo can begin, she said. <\/p>\n<p data-node-id=\"5\">Learn more in the video above.<\/p>\n<p data-node-id=\"6\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.kcra.com\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>See more coverage of top California stories here<\/strong><\/a><strong> | <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.kcra.com\/article\/get-kcra-news-on-the-go-download\/44039145\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Download our app<\/strong><\/a><strong> | <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.kcra.com\/subscribe\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Subscribe to our morning newsletter<\/strong><\/a><strong> | <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/@KCRA\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Find us on YouTube here and subscribe to our channel<\/strong><\/a>. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Making Cents: What to know about the retirement tax torpedo More than 4.1 million Americans are turning 65&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":1183522,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[3093],"tags":[51,474,199440,2499,31836,320742,16,15],"class_list":["post-1183521","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-personal-finance","tag-business","tag-finance","tag-making-cents","tag-personal-finance","tag-retirement-tax","tag-tax-torpedo","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/117204813818138862","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1183521","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1183521"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1183521\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1183522"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1183521"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1183521"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1183521"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}