RMDs made PDQ

New RMD rules

This subject reminds of a famous line from the movie Jurassic Park. “Your scientists were so preoccupied with whether or not they could, they didn’t stop to think if they should.” So even though you could access your IRA account in a tax-advantaged way, you should be careful about raiding your retirement funds except for…

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The SECURE ACT – New Rules for Retirees

  New Law Extends Key Tax Breaks into 2020 — aka How Congress tries to upset your year-end planning Just when it seemed like Congress was too distracted by impeachment proceedings and national security to worry about taxes, they throw curveballs into our year-end tax planning.  The Extenders and Secure (Retirement) Act are just a…

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A tax break for Seniors

Amount owed on tax return

Sometimes Congress actually gets something right! This happens so rarely that I wanted to write a special blog post on it. Clients who have followed our advice over the years tend to retire with no mortgage debt and few out-of-pocket medical expenses. This leaves their charitable contributions as the main source of itemized deductions to…

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