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One strategy includes encouraging clients to wait until the age of 70 to start collecting Social Security benefits.
May 8 -
The itemized deduction for investment fees may have been eliminated, but clients still need guidance on paying IRA expenses. Here's what to tell them.
May 4 -
Clients should determine the benefits they would receive if they file at age 62, at full retirement age, and after their full retirement age.
May 1 -
Elderly clients should make sure they have enough fixed-income in their retirement portfolios to spin off cash to cover the gap between income and expenses until the market recovers.
April 23 -
It pays to review the differences between traditional and Roth IRAs.
April 10 -
The Roth IRA has very low contribution limits, while those in high-income groups may not qualify to contribute to the account.
April 9 -
Homeowners have fewer options as state and local deductions have been capped under the new law.
April 3 -
LifeYield makes it proprietary Taxficient Score available to individual advisors.
April 2 -
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.
March 27 -
Combating these misconceptions may help taxpayers maximize benefits.
March 27 -
Although funded with after tax dollars, what clients owe will be lower than the liability on traditional IRA withdrawals in retirement.
March 20 -
Sometimes the strategy can eliminate a domino effect of other expensive tax problems down the road, Ed Slott writes.
March 20 -
A report says that boomers and Gen X-ers should expect disruptions in the labor force in the next 12 years.
March 19 -
Parents should ensure that their child has earned an income to be able to open the account.
March 14 -
One strategy for clients to continue their philanthropic work and reduce their bill is to bunch multiple years of donations into one with a donor-advised fund.
March 13 -
Clients can bring their effective tax rate below 3% in retirement by using a combination of three strategies.
March 8 -
82% of beneficiaries who qualified for survivor benefits and their own benefits were not informed that they could opt for a restricted application and boost their benefit.
February 23 -
The right strategy can put them “in the 0% tax bracket,” an expert writes.
February 20 -
The number of accounts with $1 million or more increased to 150,000 in the fourth quarter of 2017 from 93,000 recorded in the same quarter the year before.
February 9 -
Investors are advised to liquidate some assets or transfer them to certificates of deposit and money market funds.
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