A question we are often asked is, “What should we be doing before we retire?” One of the most important things to do is to start practicing retirement now. Too many people enter retirement unprepared. Don’t let that be you. Here are the top five must reads to help you start practicing your retirement: Power…
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Most business owners have a similar story…They started out scraping and saving just to pay taxes, working with their accountant every year to get the tax they owed Uncle Sam down to the bare minimum. As time moved on, they restructured to an ‘entity’, bought equipment, changed their accounting a time or two, and maybe…
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Money is tight for many families today. Just a couple of years ago, most Americans felt pretty good. We had higher than ever real wages, the government was pumping money into the economy, and prices were cheap. Today these are mere memories: Families are being squeezed by both inflation and the government pulling money out…
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That was a rhetorical question, but for good reason: to get your attention. Only 15% of US households contributed to a traditional or Roth IRA in tax year 2021. 1. This means even less than that contributed to a Roth IRA since this percentage accounts for both types of contributions. You may be aware that…
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