Backdoor IRAs: Another way to save on taxes in retirement Unless you've filed an extension with the Internal Revenue Service, the 2016 tax year is now history. You're probably ready to take a break from thinking about taxes at all, but there is no time like the present to consider how you might save on [...]
Why your 401(k) can be a cash drain Everyone's heard of stretching to buy a McMansion and becoming "house poor." But what about saving too much for retirement and ending up "401(k) rich and cash poor"? Don't snicker. It can and does happen — often to investors with both good savings habits and good intentions for their financial future. These model savers later [...]
Here are 5 reasons Trump and Congress are struggling with tax reform A tax reform plan was supposedly imminent when President Trump met with airline executives at the White House on Feb. 9. “We're way ahead of schedule,” Trump said then. “We're going to be announcing something, I would say, over the next two or three [...]
Tax Day isn't likely to be easier next year: Bill Sternberg Republicans don't agree on changes to the tax code any more than they do changes to Obamacare. We got our tax returns back from the accountant the other day. Although our family finances aren’t unusually complicated, our federal and state returns for 2016 were [...]
The U.N. health agency on Tuesday recommended that countries use tax policy to increase the price of sugary drinks like sodas, sport drinks and even 100-percent fruit juices as a way to fight obesity, diabetes and tooth decay. The World Health Organization, in a statement timed for World Obesity Day, said that the prevalence of [...]
