Retirement

Only 17 states permit these trusts, which can play an important role in planning for income taxes and estate taxes.

Average Americans aged 56 to 61 have only saved $163,577 in their 401(k)s, according to the Economic Policy Institute.

LifeYield makes it proprietary Taxficient Score available to individual advisors.

Filing early can be a smart move if seniors intend to continue working even on a part-time basis.

Booms and busts both have the potential to create unrealistic outlooks on both ends of the performance spectrum.

Clients are likely to miss their retirement targets if they are helping their children and loved ones more than what they can afford.

Clients aged 35 have to set aside 11.69% of their pay to keep up with those in their 20s socking away only 6% of their salary, based on calculations by Financial Engines.

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Combating these misconceptions may help taxpayers maximize benefits.

Retiring at a time when the market is down is the biggest risk that investors will face. Here’s how to minimize the impact of a market slowdown.

Pet owners are seeking guidance on funding alternatives, drafting detailed pet-care instructions and leaving significant sums of money that can run into the millions of dollars.

These funds can be expensive and may not be accurate in determining investors' risk tolerance, among other potentail downfalls.

Clients still have a few weeks to make deductible contributions to various retirement accounts, as well as health savings accounts, to reduce their 2017 tax liabilities.

One major help will be in helping participants think in terms of lifetime income — as opposed to accumulated balances — by requiring benefit statements to include income estimates at least once a year.

The asset manager says its free tool for target date fund clients will "supplement the advisor conversation."

These funds can help clients put saving plans on autopilot, but they can also take on more risk than expected.

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Although funded with after tax dollars, what clients owe will be lower than the liability on traditional IRA withdrawals in retirement.

Sometimes the strategy can eliminate a domino effect of other expensive tax problems down the road, Ed Slott writes.