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Retirement Plan Solutions & Opportunities: Company Stocks
For many people, 2020 has meant leaving a job. Perhaps that job has disappeared or perhaps you are taking early retirement. This may mean you are receiving distributions from your employer retirement plan. For many people, a rollover to an IRA will be a smart decision. However, don’t assume that it is always the way…
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Capital Gains Tax Brackets: More Complicated Than You Think
Your Tax Bracket is a Product of Economics and Personal Finance For a long time, capital gain taxes were pretty straightforward. If you purchased property for investment and held it for more than a year, the government taxed any gain at a lower rate than they would ordinary income. In recent years, however, changes to the tax…
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Take Advantage of the Historically High Estate and Gift Tax Exemptions
Estate Planning Services Take Care of the People You Love With all the challenges 2020 has thrown at us, it’s easy to forget that this is an election year. We’re now less than 100 days out from election day with a real chance of both the White House and Senate changing hands. No matter who…
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Avoiding tax penalties on 529 Plan funds – not all expenses are qualified
If you have accumulated a sizeable amount of funds in a 529 college savings account, how can you get these funds out without having to pay tax penalties? If you inadvertently use funds for the wrong expenses, you will end up being taxed on the earnings, as well as levied a 10% penalty on that…
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Take advantage of Covid tax benefits using your IRA
In a previous blog in April, David Garcia and Mike Walsh discussed The Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act, which was signed into law by the president on March 26, 2020. The Act suspends required minimum distributions from IRAs, inherited IRAs, and defined contribution plans for the year 2020 (it is not applicable to…
