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Retiree savings are only as safe as the places that hold retirees' personal information, says expert.
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Clients may hold employer stock in their retirement accounts. It pays to know when and how to take distributions from it, Michael Kitces writes.
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Clients could face a 100% penalty of taxes owed for filing late.
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Retirees can open health savings accounts, which offer tax breaks on contributions and qualified distributions, and tax-free growth on investments.
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The answer is in the investment details. If your employer offers a match, contribute at least enough money to get it since matches amount to "free money."
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Clients under 35 are the only age group with a negative savings rate. These tools can help them prepare.
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Early withdrawals from employer-sponsored plans can derail retirement, but may be necessary.
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Each pre-retiree couple is in a unique circumstance, and needs to account for their health and longevity, as well as their willingness and ability to work.
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Giving securities that have appreciated in value allows investors to claim a deduction and avoid capital gains taxes if they opt to sell the shares.
September 1 - The GOP is looking for ways to pay for tax cuts. Clients' 401(k)s may bear the cost: Retirement Scan
Workers would have to pay taxes on their contributions to an employer's sponsored 401(k) plan under the Trump administration's tax proposal.
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The Internal Revenue Service granted additional relief to victims of Hurricane Harvey on Wednesday by making it easier for 401(k)s and other employer-sponsored retirement plans to give loans and hardship distributions to aid victims.
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Hurricane Harvey provides a grim reminder of how traumatic it can be to face the effects of severe weather. Here’s how to be effective if it happens to your clients.
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Retirees are likely to have fewer choices when they start shopping around for Medicare Advantage plans during the open-enrollment period that begins October 15.
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The real concern is not just that actively managed funds could disappear but that the entire market could be left for dead.
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These two accounts are both funded with money that has already been taxed, but there are still important differences that clients need to know.
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The withdrawals can be taken early in the year, late in the year or in installments throughout the year. Each approach has advantages to consider.
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Congress may have a difficult time closing tax code loopholes that benefit households more than corporations, an expert suggests.
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Recent graduates tend to be in a low tax bracket early in their careers when it pays for them to save as much as they can in a Roth IRA or Roth 401(k), writes an industry expert.
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If clients tap their Roth accounts at the wrong time, even after retirement, they could lose out on some potential tax benefits.
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Retirement investors may opt for whole life insurance, which offers tax-deferred growth on premiums, or a home, which they can sell with up to $250,000 (or $500,000 for couples) in capital gains tax exclusion.
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