If youa�TMre like most Americans, your most valuable asset is your retirement fund. We diligently save money for years, yet most of us dona�TMt know how to avoid the costly mistakes that cause a good chunk of those savings to be lost to needless and excessive taxation. Now, there is more need than ever to protect your assets. Renowned tax advisor Ed Slott, shows you in clear-cut laymana�TMs terms how to take control over your retirement savings plan. This book is required reading for every American with savings and investments who is planning to retire, be it five years from now or fifty.