Tax Tips for Married Couples
Even as tax season winds down, it’s still important that you consider tax strategy as part of your financial picture. Many couples file jointly, and while it can sometimes help save on your taxes, it isn’t always [...]
Quick Tips for Filing Your Taxes This Season
Tax season is fast approaching, so you may find yourself with some important tax questions. This article will cover some of the pitfalls of this process to make sure that you get the most out of your [...]
4 Tips for Proper Tax Filing
With the new year in full swing, tax season is just around the corner. Filing federal income taxes can be a long and complicated process, and mistakes are bound to happen here and there. As many of [...]
3 Strikes to Avoid When Tax Planning
Taxes are among the most common concern for people in retirement. You might be wondering how to start thinking about your tax strategy, so you aren’t taxed more than you need to be. These three mistakes can [...]
A Roth IRA and an HSA: Two Potentially Powerful Retirement Tools
You’ll likely have several sources of income in retirement that can be taxed, such as IRA distributions and Social Security benefits. But, do you have any after-tax “buckets” that you can use strategically in retirement to help [...]
Three Unexpected Taxes in Retirement
When we think of major retirement expenses, we often consider housing, healthcare, and that trip of a lifetime we’ve been dreaming about for years. But, we often fail to consider what could potentially be our biggest expense [...]
3 Important Tax Questions to Answer This Year
As we approach Tax Day, you may be gathering your important documents and preparing to file or file for an extension. Once you have everything sorted out, it’s important to consider how your tax situation could change [...]
Estimating Your Tax Burden in Retirement
Taxes could be one of your biggest expenses in retirement. But once you have an estimate for your tax burden in retirement, you can consider ways to minimize it. The first step towards creating a tax minimization [...]
Three Birthday Milestones That Could Change Your Tax Situation
When we think of milestone birthdays, we often think of ones that are already behind us – like 18 and 30. But there are plenty of important birthdays ahead of you, especially as you near and enter [...]
Tax Day Will Be Here Before You Know It
Tax Day is April 18th this year, due to the Emancipation Day holiday in Washington D.C. on the 15th. This is a good time of year to review your finances and think about your long-term tax strategy. [...]