How To Change Your Residency To Another State For Tax Purposes
If you live in an unfriendly tax state such as New York or California, it’s not uncommon for your retirement plans to include a move to a more tax friendly state once your working years are over. Many southern states offer nicer weather, no income taxes, and...
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Should You Put Your House In A Trust?
When you say the word “trust” many people think that trusts are only used by the uber rich to protect their millions of dollars but that is very far from the truth. Yes, extremely wealthy families do use trusts to reduce the size of their estate but there are...
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Advanced Tax Strategies For Inherited IRA’s
Inherited IRA’s can be tricky. There are a lot of rules surrounding; Establishment and required minimum distribution (“RMD”) deadlines Options available to spouse and non-spouse beneficiaries Strategies for deferring required minimum distributions...
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The Accountant Put The Owner’s Kids On Payroll And Bomb Shelled The 401(k) Plan
Big Issue The higher $12,000 standard deduction for single filers has produced an incentive in some cases for business owners to put their kids on the payroll in an effort to shift income out of the owner’s high tax bracket into the children’s lower tax...
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Percentage of Pay vs Flat Dollar Amount
Retirement Contributions - Percentage of Pay vs Flat Dollar Amount Enrolling in a company retirement plan is usually the first step employees take to join the plan and it is important that the enrollment process be straight forward. There should also be a...
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Navigating Student Loan Repayment Programs
I had the fortunate / unfortunate experience of attending a seminar on the various repayment programs available to young professionals and the parents of these young professionals with student loan debt. I can summarize it in three words: “What a mess!!” As...
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What Happens To My Pension If The Company Goes Bankrupt?
Given the downward spiral that GE has been in over the past year, we have received the same question over and over again from a number of GE employees and retirees: “If GE goes bankrupt, what happens to my pension?” While it's anyone’s guess what the future...
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Volatility, Market Timing, and Long-Term Investing
Volatility, Market Timing, and Long-Term Investing For many savers, the objective of a retirement account is to accumulate assets while you are working and use those assets to pay for your expenses during retirement. While you are in the accumulation phase, assets...
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How To Pay 0% Tax On Capital Gains Income
When you sell a stock, mutual fund, investment property, or a business, if you have made money on that investment, the IRS is kindly waiting for a piece of that gain in the form of capital gains tax. Capital gains are taxed differently than the ordinary income...
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The Stock Market Dropped 800 Points Today. Is This A Warning Sign?
There was a large sell off in the stock market today. The Dow, S&P 500, and Nasdaq all dropped by over 3% in today’s trading session. After a long bull rally, big drops in the stock market often lead investors to the question: “Is this big drop in the...
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