Posted in Retirement, Saving on Mar 1st, 2010 No Comments »
BY GAIL MARKS JARVIS
Chicago Tribune
If you can barely scrounge up enough cash to pay the bills, saving for retirement might be relegated to your good-intentions list.
But with the nation deeply in debt and concerns mounting about Social Security and Medicare, Americans are going to need more than good intentions to secure their future. And your [...]
Posted in Retirement, Saving on Jan 5th, 2010 No Comments »
The government is offering a tax-deferred window for those switching from a conventional IRA. But the tax break is not necessarily a good deal.
By Kathy M. Kristof Personal Finance
January 1, 2010
Responding to a widespread clamor for better access to Roth IRAs, the federal government is lifting some restrictions on them and giving a tax break [...]
Posted in Saving, Tax Credit on Jan 18th, 2009 No Comments »
IR-2008-106, Sept. 16, 2008 Listen to an Audio Interview on This Topic WASHINGTON — First-time homebuyers should begin planning now to take advantage of a new tax credit included in the recently enacted Housing and Economic Recovery Act of 2008. Available for a limited time only, the credit:
Applies to home purchases after April [...]
Posted in Family-related, Mortgage Reduction, Real Estate Investing, Res. Mortgage Loan Refinancing, Residential Mortgages, Saving on Mar 26th, 2008 No Comments »
by Donnie Taylor
PBS INTERVIEW WITH MELVIN OLIVER
edited transcript
Sociologist Melvin Oliver is vice president of asset building and community development at the Ford Foundation and co-author of Black Wealth, White Wealth.
What inspired your studies of race and wealth?
When I went to UCLA it was the common experience of many African American faculty that they could not [...]
Posted in Retirement, Saving, Tax Deductions, Tax Strategies on Mar 21st, 2008 No Comments »
PAUL KATZEFF
INVESTOR’S BUSINESS DAILY
Posted 3/20/2008
You probably already are working on your 2007 tax return. You likely also are thinking about a strategy for 2008.
Keep in mind changes in tax rules concerning retirement accounts:
• Straight shot: Starting this year you can shift money directly from a 401(k) account to a Roth IRA.
That can help [...]
Posted in Retirement, Saving on Nov 10th, 2007 No Comments »
Planning for a comfortable retirement is one of the most important things that you can do. But because the laws are constantly changing and there are so many different options, many people just avoid the entire issue until it is too late. That approach was understandable a few generations ago. Then, companies didn’t offer pensions, [...]
Posted in Estate Planning, Estate Taxes, Retirement, Saving on Sep 14th, 2007 No Comments »
By MICHAEL DAVIDOFF
From the time we entered the workforce, we’ve learned how important it is to save for retirement. In fact, if we put $1,000 away for someone graduating from college today, it would be worth over $72,000 by the time they start collecting social security. (This assumes graduation at age 22, social security at [...]
Posted in Capital Gains, Estate Planning, Estate Taxes, Family-related, Real Estate Investing, Real Estate Taxes, Retirement, Saving, Tax Loopholes, Tax-Breaks on Sep 2nd, 2007 No Comments »
By Alan L. Olsen, CPA MBA (tax)
Managing Partner
Greenstein Rogoff Olsen & Co. LLP Wealth management is an important issue for those with substantial assets to protect. Many people incorrectly assume that their estates will escape federal estate tax [...]
Posted in IRAs, Saving on Aug 14th, 2007 No Comments »
By MICHELLE SINGLETARY
SYNDICATED COLUMNIST
SUMMER IS OFTEN a time of transition.
Many employees switch jobs during the summer and many often wonder: Should I let the money I’ve accumulated in my company retirement plan stay in the old plan?
One participant in my online chat recently wrote: “I have $20,000 that I left in my 401(k) from a [...]
Posted in Debt Reduction, Res. Mortgage Loan Refinancing, Residential Mortgages, Saving on Jul 5th, 2007 No Comments »
As we firmly enter the summer selling season, we have a wonderful aroma of massive mortgage debt and overpriced homes filling the air. It is the smell of burning American Express plastic in the wallets of many itching to buy anything imported. Then we have home equity lines of credit and home loans [...]
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