Dividend income is a source of financial growth and stability for many investors. While the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) typically taxes dividend income, certain types of dividends...
Posted by Jim McClaflin, EA, NTPI Fellow, CTRC on 10/10/2023
Individual Retirement Accounts (IRAs) offer tax-advantaged ways to save for retirement, but not all IRAs provide the same tax benefits. One specific type of IRA that often confuses...
Posted by Pat Raskob on 09/22/2023
Paying tax is not a feeling any taxpayer likes. Having your income after working for a month or having a personal savings slash is no joke. The anger has pushed most taxpayers into...
Posted by Jim McClaflin, EA, NTPI Fellow, CTRC on 12/08/2022
The SECURE Act, passed in late 2019, changed the rules for saving and withdrawing money from retirement accounts. Also, it was the first major legislative change to tax laws in more...
Posted by Pat Raskob on 12/08/2022
Saving for retirement takes effort and sacrifice, especially since most people will need to invest hundreds of thousands or even millions of dollars to provide enough income to supplement...
Posted by Jim McClaflin, EA, NTPI Fellow, CTRC on 09/30/2022
How the Internal Revenue Service defines and calculates different types of income affects the taxes you owe. Modified adjusted gross income (MAGI) is one of them. MAGI also decides...
Posted by Pat Raskob on 08/11/2022
Saving as much as possible for your future use, in any way possible, can be of great long-term value. The IRS changes to pension contribution limits make this possible for more people...
Posted by Pat Raskob on 06/24/2022
Today, relatively few Americans itemize deductions on their tax returns. You can claim either the standard deduction or the itemized deductions, but not both. And, of course, you always...
On filing your taxes, your tax records still need to be with you for nothing less than three years after filing. It is also possible to keep them for two years, going by the date...
Posted by Pat Raskob on 11/21/2021