When your child first started school, you doled out the change for milk and a snack on a daily basis. But now that your kindergartner has grown up, it is time for you to make sure that your child has… Read More
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Education Tax Credits
It’s tax time, and your kitchen table is littered with papers and forms. As if this isn’t bad enough, you recently paid your child’s college semester bill, and you don’t know where you’ll find the money to pay the taxes… Read More
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Qualifying for the Home Office Deduction
Working from home can certainly provide you with personal benefits, such as a flexible schedule and more family time. But increasing numbers of people are discovering the tax advantages as well. It’s no secret that you generally can’t deduct certain… Read More
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The Big Thing Holding Back Small Businesses
Small businesses stay small either by choice, or because they start chasing growth in the wrong places. When you strip away the layers, it all comes down to darts. Imagine a dartboard with a bull’s eye and around it is a… Read More
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Why Should I Invest in the Stock Market Now?
NAVIGATING THROUGH MARKET VOLATILITY WHERE IS THE MARKET HEADED? Volatility may have some investors contemplating when they should pull out of the market or if they should sit on the sidelines and wait for the best time to invest. If you’re… Read More
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Tips for Those Caught in the Sandwich Generation
At a time when your career is reaching a peak and you are looking ahead to your own retirement, you may find yourself in the position of having to help your children with college expenses or the financial challenges of… Read More
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Spring Cleaning Your Way to Better Finances
Spring is a good time to clean out the cobwebs, and not just in your home or apartment. Your personal finances can benefit from a good spring cleaning, too. Here are some questions to ask yourself regarding your budget, debt,… Read More
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Is it Time to Review Your IRA Estate Planning Strategies?
The Setting Every Community Up for Retirement Enhancement (SECURE) Act, which was passed in December 2019 as part of a larger federal spending package, included a provision that warrants special attention from those who own high-value IRAs. Specifically, the “stretch”… Read More
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Risk Management and Your Retirement Savings
By investing for retirement, you are helping to manage a critically important financial risk: the chance that you will outlive your money. But choosing to invest is just one step in your financial risk management strategy. You also need to… Read More
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Charitable Gifting
WHAT CONSTITUTES A GIFT TO CHARITY? A gift to charity is simply a gratuitous transfer of property to a charitable organization. The key is that your gift must be some kind of property — your time or personal services do… Read More
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