Clients Don’t Care About Roth vs. Traditional IRAs. So What?

Clients don’t sweat the details of retirement planning, because they have advisors to sweat for them.

Many financial advisors will object to the headline of this article, but advisors represent an incredibly small percentage of all taxpayers. Very few taxpayers care to be able to describe the difference between a Roth IRA and a traditional IRA. What they want to know is which option is right for them and what action they should take.

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