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There's Still Time to Fund an IRA for 2022
The tax filing deadline is fast approaching, which means time is running out to fund an IRA for 2022. If you had earned income last year, you may be able to contribute up to $6,000 for 2022 ($7,000 for those age 50 or older by December...
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Five Ways SECURE 2.0 Changes the Required Minimum Distribution Rules
The SECURE 2.0 legislation included in the $1.7 trillion appropriations bill passed late last year builds on changes established by the original Setting Every Community Up for Retirement Enhancement Act (SECURE 1.0) enacted in 2019....
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IRS Releases Standard Mileage Rates for 2023
The IRS has released the optional standard mileage rates for computing the deductible costs of operating an automobile for business, charitable, medical, and moving expense purposes for 2023.
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Retirement Investors Get Another Boost from Washington
SECURE 2.0 will usher in many changes for retirement plans and IRAs over the next several years. In our most recent blog, we've outlined what the legislation does.
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Is the Yield Curve Signaling a Recession?
Long-term bonds generally provide higher yields than short-term bonds, because investors demand higher returns to compensate for the risk of lending money over a longer period. Occasionally, however, this relationship...
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What Is Dollar-Cost Averaging?
If you had a choice between buying a laptop on sale or waiting until the sale ended and prices went up, you’d buy it on sale, right? It can be hard for many people to approach investing from the same perspective. When the...
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Student Loan Repayment Delayed Again to Future Date in 2023
The Biden administration has announced another extension for repayment of federal student loans to an unspecified date in 2023 due to legal challenges that have blocked implementation of the student loan debt relief program. The...
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College Cost Data for 2022-2023 School Year
Every year, the College Board releases new college cost data and trends in its annual report. The figures published are average cost figures based on a survey of approximately 4,000 colleges across the country.Over the past 20 years,...
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What Does a Strong Dollar Mean for the U.S. Economy?
In late September 2022, the U.S. dollar hit a 20-year high in an index that measures its value against six major currencies: the euro, the Japanese yen, the British pound, the Canadian dollar, the Swedish krona, and the Swiss franc. At...
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Save On Taxes with 4 Simple Year-End Tips
4 Year-End Tax Planning Tips to Use Now. Everybody wants to save on their taxes. If you think tax-saving strategies are too complicated, you could be missing out on tax savings. There are a few simple tax-saving strategies available to...
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Retirement Legislation Awaits Further Action
Retirement Legislation Awaits Further ActionLegislation that could benefit people with individual retirement accounts (IRAs) and workplace retirement plans is currently moving through Congress. The Securing a Strong Retirement Act of...
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Medicare Open Enrollment Is Here: How Are Costs Changing for 2023?
Medicare's Open Enrollment Period — which runs from October 15 through December 7 — is your annual opportunity to switch your current Medicare health and prescription drug plans to ones that better suit your needs. Just in...
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FAFSA for 2023-2024 School Year is Open
October is the kickoff month for financial aid. That's when incoming and returning college students can start filing the Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) for the next academic year. The FAFSA is a prerequisite for...
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Prepare Now for Future Emergencies
September is National Preparedness Month, part of an effort by the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) to raise public awareness and inspire disaster readiness. Most communities could be impacted by some type of natural disaster...
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New Cancellation for Federal Student Loans and Delayed Repayment to 2023
On August 24, 2022, just a few days before federal student loan repayment was set to resume, President Biden announced a plan for additional student loan debt relief.Federal student loan repayment was originally halted in March 2020 at...
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Inflation Reduction Act: What You Should Know
The Inflation Reduction Act, signed into law on August 16, 2022, includes health-care and energy-related provisions, a new corporate alternative minimum tax, and an excise tax on certain corporate stock buybacks. Additional funding is...
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Is the U.S. Economy in a Recession?
In an early July poll, 58% of Americans said they thought the U.S. economy was in a recession, up from 53% in June and 48% in May.1 Yet many economic indicators, notably employment, remain strong. The current situation is unusual, and...
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Now Might Be a Good Time for a Roth Conversion
One silver lining in the current bear market is that this could be a good time to convert assets from a traditional IRA to a Roth IRA. Converted assets are subject to federal income tax in the year of conversion, which might be a...
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The Health of Social Security: Some Good News and Some Bad News
With approximately 94% of American workers covered by Social Security and 65 million people currently receiving benefits, keeping Social Security healthy is a major concern.1 Social Security isn't in danger of going...
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Tech Sector Turmoil and the Bear Market
During the intensely volatile first 100 trading days of 2022, the stocks of companies in the S&P 500 index delivered their worst performance since 1970.1 The S&P 500 continued to tumble, and the benchmark index descended into a bear...
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Building Your Wealth
Start Building Your Wealth Now, See Resultsin the FutureBuilding your wealth isn’t something that will happen overnight. It’s with time, dedication and creating healthy habits that you’ll be able to increase your nest...
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Rising Rates Join Long List of Housing Dilemmas
Homebuyers braving the hot U.S. housing market have run headlong into a striking transition. The average interest rate for a 30-year fixed mortgage jumped from around 3.2% at the beginning of 2022 to 5.3% in mid-May, the highest level...
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Explore Tax-Loss Harvesting this April 15th
Are You Using Your Losses to Your Advantage? What is tax-loss harvesting? Tax-loss harvesting is a strategy that helps you reduce the taxes you owe on the capital gains from one investment with the capital losses from a different...
Read MoreTax Planning for the Self-Employed
Tax Planning for the Self-EmployedSelf-employment is the opportunity to be your own boss, to come and go as you please, and oh yes, to establish a lifelong bond with your accountant. If you're self-employed, you'll need to pay your own...
Read MoreWhat’s Your Tax Strategy
Tax Credits vs Tax Deductions Which is Better For You? No one wants to pay more taxes than they have to. In the past, you’ve probably relied on tax credits and deductions to help you pay fewer taxes, but which one is more...
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Save On Taxes With These Simple Year-End Tips
USE THESE YEAR-END TAX PLANNING TIPS Everybody wants to save on their taxes. If you think tax-saving strategies are too complicated, you could be missing out on tax savings. There are a few simple tax-saving strategies available to...
Read MoreCorporation liable for payroll taxes on wages IRS determined it should have paid to officers
Corporation liable for payroll taxes on wages IRS determined it should have paid to officers Hacker, TC Memo 2021-86 The Tax Court has held that two corporate officers were employees of a corporation they owned and that the...
Read MoreDon’t Wait to Update Your Beneficiaries
Protecting the people nearest and dearest to us is something we all want to do. It’s why we purchase health and life insurance, save diligently for retirement, and ensure important legal documents (like a will or trust) are in...
Read MoreFAQs - Economic Impact Payments
You've probably heard that IRS will be making millions of ''economic impact payments'' (also called ''recovery rebates'') soon to help people stay afloat during this time of economic uncertainty related to the COVID-19 crisis. These...
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