
Marriage & Finances: What’s Love Got To Do With It?
Valentine’s Day is a time to celebrate love and reflect on how it influences every part of your relationship - even finances. Choosing to keep them separate is a rising trend, let’s discuss.
Use November to Finalize Year-End Success and Plan for 2025
Wait until December, you risk falling into the apathy and distractions common from Thanksgiving to the New Year. Do you want that for your finances?
Open Enrollment: Medical Plans & Health Savings Accounts (HSA)
Open enrollment can be perplexing for many is analyzing High Deductible Health Plans (HDHP) and their tax savings counterpart, Health Savings Accounts (HSAs).
At or Near Retirement? Time to Say Bucket!
Retirees view risks differently, but the greatest risk is behavioral. Let’s discuss a sustainable and tax-efficient approach to retirement distribution strategies.
If You Fail To Plan, You Are Planning To Fail.
Starting the New Year with the same old resolutions? Let’s recognize questionable resolutions, including three destined for failure, plus what should be considered for successful planning outcomes.
“Hey, I showed this last year, do something!”, Sincerely Your Tax Returns.
Now that you’ve had some time apart, it’s time to have an honest with your taxes.
Peak Earnings Years Are Your 50’s - Your Parents Maybe, You… Not So Much.
Top 10% earners in their 30’s and 40’s believe they’ll earn considerably more in their 50’s. Don’t plan on it.
New Year, New You… Not True?
Resolutions to improve your financial situation similar to one’s made last year? Here’s how and why to consider actions and timeframes, instead of focusing on desired outcomes.
Perfection is the Enemy of Good, Focus on Executing Improvements.
While 2022 has been a challenging investment environment, it has been a fantastic year to see the benefits of executing financial plans over the past few years.
Eye Opening Costs At Open Enrollment?
Over past year, health insurance prices have increased 3X to US inflation. It’s time to fully understand HDHP, HSA and how to do your cost/benefit analysis.
April Brings Spring, Baseball and Taxe… Squirrel!
If your wealth is tax-deferred retirement accounts, your taxes in retirement will be more than you realize.
Resolutions Gone Bad: Rein In Your New Year.
How to make financial resolutions that lead to successful planning outcomes.
Open Enrollment: Benefits to Opt-In for your HSA
HSA can offer “triple tax benefits”: tax-free contributions, tax-free earnings, and tax-free distributions.
September is the Best Tax Planning Month. Yes, really.
Reconcile tax planning strategies for the current year while positioning for the year ahead.
Take this job and shove it!? Measure twice, cut once.
May be good reasons to change jobs or quit, best to remove emotions and seek validation before resignation.
New Dependent Care FSA Changes Provide Tax Savings
A family with childcare in 24% tax bracket may save an extra $1,980 in taxes due to new legislation, but must act now.
If your taxes could talk, what would they say?
Your just completed taxes are telling you how to save money in 2021 and beyond, are you listening?
Would’ve, Could’ve, Should’ve… But Did You?
Instead of talk of the future, act on the constants - change and time.
Proactive Planning and Health Remain Critical
Putting off your health or planning over fear isn’t the “new normal”.
Ch-Ch-Changes - Turn And Face The Strange
CARES Act legislation impacting 2020 tax laws, provisions and deadlines.