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Can You Afford to Retire?

2025-02-27 19:00:00 2025-02-27 20:00:00 America/Chicago Can You Afford to Retire? Jigar Doshi, Chartered Counselor for Bentron Financial Group, Inc., will help attendees evaluate their readiness for retirement with several self-evaluation exercises. R Main Library - Lake Room

Thursday, February 27
7:00pm - 8:00pm

Main Library

Lake Room

Jigar Doshi, Chartered Counselor for Bentron Financial Group, Inc., will help attendees evaluate their readiness for retirement with several self-evaluation exercises. R

Once the evaluations are complete attendees will be introduced to the Ten Critical Questions. These are the questions that every retiree must answer before embarking on a successful retirement. Attendees will be given in depth instruction on the nuances of Social Security:

  • How benefits are calculated
  • When to file to maximize benefits
  • Taxation of benefits
  • Benefits while working
  • Benefits for spouses, divorced and widows

Attendees will then discuss the basic need for an estate and or financial plan. The instructor will help attendees conduct an estate analysis complete with a net worth statement.

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AGE GROUP: | Adult |

EVENT TYPE: | Business & Career | Adult |

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