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Weekend Reading: Understanding the Infrastructure Bills
The just-passed $1.2 trillion Infrastructure Bill is awaiting Biden’s signature early next week. As it moves forward to be signed into law, the fate of the $1.75-plus trillion Build Better Act is now of focus.
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Weekend Reading: New Tax Rule #1: Say Good-Bye to Tax Deferral
One of the most widely-known financial rules-of-thumb is to defer taxes, but what continues to become more evident is that doing so could likely cost you more in the future.
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Weekend Reading: The Power of Health Savings Accounts for Retirement Planning
Do you have a Health Savings Account (HSA)? If so, it’s time to ensure you’re truly maximizing its benefits for retirement.
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Weekend Reading: What You Need to Know About the Confusing Roth IRA Five-Year Rule
If you’re considering converting your traditional retirement account to a Roth IRA, there are tax considerations within the “Five-Year Rule” to be aware of.
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Weekend Reading: How to Plan Your Retirement When Tax Law is in Flux
We continually hear of tax proposals on the horizon, but the thing about proposals is that they often change, especially in Washington.
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Weekend Reading: Net Unrealized Appreciation (NUA) Tax Strategies for Modestly Appreciated Stock
Staying at the forefront of your retirement tax plan means becoming educated about tax strategies available at your fingertips. One of those strategies involves a Net Unrealized Appreciation (NUA).
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Weekend Reading: 5 Tax-Efficient Wealth Transfer Strategies to Consider Before 2026
A constant that has remained within proposed tax bills from the Biden administration is that most changes will impact the wealthy, so now is the time to consider if – and how – estate tax liability could impact your beneficiaries.
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Weekend Reading: 7 Ways the New Tax Bill Could Impact Retirement Planning
A first look at a major proposed tax bill was just released by the Ways and Means Committee, and it has the power to change a number of things in the retirement planning realm.
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Weekend Reading: How a Key Biden Tax Idea Got Crushed
You’re most likely well aware of the Biden Administration’s plans to increase taxes on the wealthy, but one of those initiatives is not moving forward.
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Weekend Reading: What the New Outlook for Social Security Means for You
If you’re worried about the future stability of Social Security, rest assured, the outlook still looks positive.
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Weekend Reading: Does Planning End at Retirement?
You need a strategic, customized plan to get yourself to retirement, but you also need a plan for what lies beyond.
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Weekend Reading: Limits of Tax Diversification and the Tax Alpha of Roth Optimization
To Roth or not to Roth? This might be a question you’ve asked yourself before, and upon comparing a Roth IRA to a traditional IRA, what makes the most sense for your hard-earned dollars often comes down to taxes.