Foreword / by Larry King -- The big retirement plan question -- A summary of tax reduction strategies -- What's new! -- Introduction / by Ed Slott -- Fund retirement plans to the maximum -- Traditional IRAs versus Roth IRAs -- Traditional 401(k)s and 403(b)s versus Roth 401(k)s and Roth 403(b)s -- Optimal spending strategies for retirees -- Required minimum distribution rules -- Should you transfer your 401(k) to an IRA at retirement? -- Roth conversions -- Annuitizing your financial accumulations : does it make sense for you? -- Withdrawing retirement plans funded with company stocks, and net unrealized appreciation -- Eddie and Emily : a retirement and estate planning case study -- The best ways to transfer wealth and cut taxes for the next generation -- Providing financial security for your children through life insurance -- Laying the foundation for estate planning -- Using disclaimers in estate planning -- The ideal beneficiary designation of your retirement plan stretching and disclaiming : Lange's cascading beneficiary plan -- Changing beneficiaries for retirement plans and IRAs -- Trusts as beneficiaries of retirement plans -- How donors can do well by doing good.