by lportee53 | Mar 6, 2025 | Financial Planning
4 Steps to Protecting a Child with Disabilities Planning for a child with special needs can be complicated, confusing, and even overwhelming. Raising a child is expensive and can cost over a quarter of a million dollars, excluding college. For a child with special...
by lportee53 | Feb 19, 2025 | Financial Planning
9 Facts About Social Security Here are six flags that may make your tax return prime for an IRS audit.1 No one wants to see an Internal Revenue Service (IRS) auditor show up at their door. The IRS can’t audit every American’s tax return, so it relies on...
by lportee53 | Feb 5, 2025 | Financial Planning
What If Your Kids Decide Against College? As a parent or grandparent, you may have diligently saved money in a 529 account to help fund your child’s or grandchild’s college education. But what happens if they decide college isn’t the right path for...
by calford | Feb 21, 2024 | Estate Planning, Financial Planning
Federal estate taxes have been a source of funding for the federal government almost since the U.S. was founded. In 1797, Congress instituted a system of federal stamps that were required on all wills offered for probate when property (land, homes) was transferred...
by calford | Feb 7, 2024 | Financial Planning, Retirement
An orchestra is merely a collection of instruments, each creating a unique sound. It is only when a conductor leads them that they produce the beautiful music imagined by the composer. The same can be said about your retirement strategy. The typical retirement...
by cambridgesourcesites | Aug 2, 2023 | Financial Planning
Being totally forthcoming about your finances is important when speaking to a financial professional. That means no false modesty or bogus confidence about your situation. Talk about the things that matter to you, the things that concern you, and above all, ask frank...
