Benjamin Franklin famously said that “in this world, nothing can be said to be certain, except death and taxes.” With April 15 right around the corner, let’s talk about the more palatable of Franklin’s two certainties. Taxes don’t disappear in retirement-and they can be an important variable in determining your standard of living. Good planning [...] [read full article…]
You plan your retirement savings. You probably have some plans for retirement travel. Maybe you’ve got a plan for the dream retirement home. But are you planning your retirement body? If not, it’s time to get busy. “It’s possible to envision the kind of physical body that we want to have in retirement,” says author [...] [read full article…]
Q: My family just experienced the recent deaths of both parents within in a 20-day period. In addition to other assets willed to the heirs; there exist IRAs that are worth a little over $40,000. For ease to obtain funds while our parents were alive, they made one brother the beneficiary for easy access if [...] [read full article…]
