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Is your money working for you?

It seems to be a very old question: are you working for your money? Or is your money working for you? If you are living paycheck to paycheck, you are definitely working for your money. It is hard to get enough money scrapped together at times to even start to think...

Retirement

Thoughts of retirement are changing in our society.  I work with a large spectrum of clients of all ages and a lot of them are wondering if retirement is in the picture for them at all. The first to surprise me with this thought was when I was talking to a couple of...

Retirement Asssets

The threat of an IRS levy doesn’t let you tap your retirement plan penalty-free, according to the court informed a couple under age 59½ who withdrew more than a million dollars from their plan to help pay outstanding tax debts. After IRS assessed the 10% penalty, the...

Privacy

California has recently enacted a new privacy law.  This law will set the tone as the toughest-ever U.S. privacy decree. While hastily signed into law in June, the sweeping policy will affect hundreds of thousands of U.S. businesses when it takes effect Jan. 1, 2020....

Detailed planning

We recently met with a couple looking to create a new Not for Profit, they were a referral from a center of influence.  They are proceeding slowly and are looking for the right team to be put in place before they truly get started. I was impressed with the due...

Emotional Distress

A couple in bankruptcy can sue IRS for damages for emotional distress. They owed taxes, which IRS tried to collect. Even after they filed bankruptcy, IRS sent them repeated letters demanding payment and threatened enforcement action. This was improper. The couple sued...

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