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Qualified Charitable Distributions
Our featured article of the month, Qualified Charitable Distributions, provides an introduction to a strategy that may help some retirees both donate to their favorite causes while providing some benefit to offset their RMD's impact on their taxes. With deductions getting more difficult to claim, this benefit is worth looking into if you have a...
Retirement Seen Through Your Eyes
Our featured article of the month, Retirement Seen Through Your Eyes, poses a few insightful questions on planning your future years. What will be your purpose? What accomplishes are you intent on fulfilling? What sparks your interest? Long gone are the days of depression era retiree ideas of lounging on the couch waiting for the...
2021 Off to a Fast Start
Our featured article of the month, 2021 Off to a Fast Start, provides a quick summary on the most recent events that occurred during the first few weeks of this new year and the markets' reaction. With a new administration firmly in place, the excitement surrounding the festivities and related activities are expected to subside as the...
2021 Limits for IRAs, 401(k)s & More
Our featured article of the month, 2021 Limits for IRAs, 401ks & More, serves more as a reminder of the contribution limits for retirement accounts along with information on some slight qualification adjustments. IRA contributions for 2020 would be due by the time you file your tax returns or April 15, 2021. For added clarity...
The Financial Planning Process
Our featured article of the month, The Financial Planning Process, outlines the six steps to creating a financial plan using the services of a CFP® professional. The CFP® Board Standards detail the expectations of a relationship between a client and their CFP® professional, providing a framework for the engagement. The standards are in place to...
Annual Financial To-Do List
Our featured article of the month, Annual Financial To-Do List, summarizes useful financial considerations that can be performed prior to year end. Since this year has looked different for many from a financial perspective, spending a little more time preparing tax related items may be even more beneficial. For instance, if you have had a...
How Much Money Will You Need for Retirement?
Our featured article of the month, How Much Money Will You Need for Retirement, highlights the continued confusion by most Americans about their future retirement needs as well as headline trauma that helps contribute to the situation. It is accurate that many Americans are unsure how to structure their own retirement. They consistently have questions...
Retirement 2020
Our featured article of the month, Retirement 2020, outlines a brief Question & Answer (Q&A) format to better understand the changes to retirement related rules under two new provisions for 2020; the SECURE Act and the CARES Act. Our monthly newsletter from January highlighted some of the more significant changes of the SECURE Ac, it can...
Before You Claim Social Security
Our featured article of the month, Before You Claim Social Security, poses some preliminary questions that should be considered prior to making your claim. Ironically, the most pressing question is also the most difficult one to answer. How long will you live? For obvious reasons, that question is rather impossible to answer with true accuracy....
Tax Considerations for Retirees
Our featured article of the month, Tax Considerations for Retirees, follows up on our previous month's topic, The Secure Act, with more tax talk. April 15th is right around the corner, so it's time to gather your W2s, 1099s, 1099Rs and 5498s for tax preparation. Instead of just going through the motions this season, consider...