What a taxable index-fund account is actually worth after expense-ratio drag and after Alaska takes its share of the gain — which, in most states, is not at the federal preferential rate.
Your gain is untouched by Alaska. Only federal tax applies. Alaska imposes no state tax on capital gains realised by individuals, long-term or short-term, because it has no individual income tax. Recorded as kind 'none' rather than 'excluded' deliberately: 'excluded' would imply a tax exists from which gains are carved out, and none does. There is no threshold, no separate excise of the Washington kind, and no rate. TWO THINGS NOT TO CONFUSE WITH THIS: Alaska's CORPORATE income tax is live and among the higher state corporate taxes in the country, but it reaches C corporations, not individuals; and the fisheries, mining, and oil and gas production taxes are industry levies on business activity, not taxes on individual investment income. Federal capital gains tax applies to Alaska residents unchanged.
What your state actually takes from a 401(k) withdrawal, a pension, and Social Security — in dollars, not a yes/no list.
2026 limits, employer match, the 60-63 super catch-up, and whether the Roth catch-up mandate applies to you.
When your RMDs start under SECURE 2.0, how much this year's is, and what missing it costs.
A required minimum distribution is ordinary income, taxed at your top bracket and often pushing you into the next one. Here is the federal tax on RMDs from $20,000 to $75,000 at different income levels, why the default 10% withholding usually leaves a bill, how to avoid an underpayment penalty, and the three side effects that make the real rate higher than the bracket.
The required minimum distribution on every common balance at every age from 73 to 95, worked from the IRS table, plus what happens to the account over twenty years of withdrawals at 0%, 5% and 7% returns. The short version: the share you must take rises every year, and at good returns the dollar amount keeps rising with it.
What moving actually saves, on your own income mix rather than a headline rate — and how to establish domicile so the state you left cannot follow you.
Which account to draw first, priced. The three cliffs a withdrawal can cross without warning, the conversion window almost nobody uses, and why the order is the last big decision you can still change.