Gig economy

Crafting stable long-term financial plans for self-employed workers with unstable incomes poses unique challenges for clients and their advisors.

Millions more taxpayers will be receiving the Form 1099-K in the mail this year for the first time if they were paid $5,000 or more last year.

Thanks to the lower threshold, the service expects to receive about 44 million 1099-Ks in 2024, up from about 14 million.

As more and more elderly Americans take on freelance jobs, what does it mean to be "retired"?

Now that the U.S. is five months into the COVID crisis a new victim is emerging. Caught between small businesses furloughing their staff landlords needing to collect rent are millions of hourly workers.

Those with 1099 income have several tax-advantaged options.

Millions of workers have multiple jobs. That means they might have multiple retirement plans. Here are the rules for situations in which a client can set up and/or contribute to more than one plan at a time.

Contract work, consulting or smaller part-time jobs can help clients reduce withdrawals early in their retirement years. But have advisors kept up with the complexities of these strategies?

The gig economy ushered in a new way of working, which in turn has ushered in a new way of retiring.

A new survey finds that three-quarters of baby boomers expect to postpone retirement due to a unrealistic expectations of medical expenses, among other reasons.