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Marriage affects your finances in many ways, including your ability to build wealth, plan for retirement, plan your estate, and capitalize on tax and insurance-related benefits. There are, however, two important caveats. First, same-sex marriages are recognized for federal income and estate tax reporting purposes. However, each state determines its own rules for state taxes, inheritance rights, and probate, so …
There has been a lot of talk surrounding the Department of Labor’s new fiduciary rules. The gist of the whole thing is the fact that financial advisors will have to act as fiduciaries, meaning that they have to put their client’s interests first before their own. Wait a minute. Isn’t that a financial professional is supposed to be doing? This …
When do you want to retire? Yesterday? Is your money going to last? It’s simple. Just tell me when you are going to die and we can come up with the perfect plan for your retirement. If you are like most of my clients, you are working away and putting away money for that future retirement date. But what if …
“You are worse than the Dentist.” It’s tax time. According to some of my clients-one of the worst days of the year. Most of my clients are patriotic Americans, but they don’t want to pay more taxes than they have to. Over the years I have noticed most of my clients initially focus on deductions. Should I buy a house …
