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    Connecticut-specific State Tax Question

    Beginning in 2023, Connecticut is phasing out state income tax on "distributions from IRAs." Taxpayers qualify for the exemption if their income is below certain thresholds. Here is a brief summary from ct.gov: "The FY 22-23 Budget Implementer Act phases out the income tax on certain taxpayers’...
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    E-R.org Posting Award?

    I just noticed that I passed the 100 post milestone. Only took me four short years! I assume there is some sort of E-R.org medallion, ribbon or gold-star-on-the-forehead type award available to me, yes? Who do I talk to about this??
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    Fidelity tells PC...Please stop!!

    I use Personal Capital and just logged onto the site. At the top of the page was a notification from Personal Capital that said something like: "Due to market volatility, Fidelity has asked us to suspend account aggregation services. We are working with Fidelity on resuming those services."...
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    All MS Office Documents Lost!

    This morning I opened MS Excel to do my monthly updates to our investments and budgets and ALL my MS documents are gone! I have a MacBook Air and use MS Office 2011. About three weeks ago I updated my operating system to High Sierra. I noticed that after I did this OS update, when I would...
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    Coffee and a chuckle

    I was out and about around mid-morning on some errands today and was in a "downtown-ish" area with many shops, restaurants and businesses. Decided to go into a coffee shop for shot of caffeine. Just by mere chance, I wasn't dressed like a complete slob; I had on some reasonably nice jeans and...
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    Well, that's that

    An interesting four days: Friday - closed on our newly purchased home Saturday - moved out of our recently sold condo Sunday - moved into our new home Today - closed on our condo and...I retired! :dance: It all feels kind of surreal.
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    Investing a lump sum from home sale

    DW and I are moving from a HCOL area to a LCOL area. Selling our current home and buying another in our new area (both homes currently under contract; closings scheduled for the end of July) will net us just under $300k after we set aside some monies for improvements to our newly purchased...
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    Plans are worthless but planning is everything - Dwight D. Eisenhower

    I’ve been lurking on this site for nearly two years, which is about the same time I started to seriously contemplate retirement. I’ve always been oriented more towards saving versus spending, but this site (and several others) has taken my thinking to a more specific level. I’m very grateful...
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