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RETIREMENT RETIREMENT PLANNING NOV 11, 2012
Get your (Social Security) tricks on Route 66

Estate tools in a low-interest climate: Use 'em or lose 'em
RETIREMENT RIAS NOV 08, 2012
Estate tools in a low-interest climate: Use 'em or lose 'em

Different trusts benefit from puny rates, tax adviser says; 'lock those in now'

RETIREMENT RIAS NOV 08, 2012
Helping clients navigate a minefield

Higher taxes = less retirement savings: IRI survey
RETIREMENT RETIREMENT PLANNING NOV 08, 2012
Higher taxes = less retirement savings: IRI survey

Majority of boomers say a rise in marginal rates and FICA would crimp their ability to put money away

Mary Beth Franklin: How to play the Social Security age game
RETIREMENT RETIREMENT PLANNING NOV 05, 2012
Mary Beth Franklin: How to play the Social Security age game

Sometimes it makes sense for one spouse to claim benefits early.

Flat COLA: Medicare hikes will offset Social Security increase
RETIREMENT RETIREMENT PLANNING NOV 05, 2012
Flat COLA: Medicare hikes will offset Social Security increase

The Social Security Administration on Tuesday announced that the cost-of-living-adjustment for 2013 will be a measly 1.7%. And as Mary Beth Franklin points out, that small increase could be gutted by hikes in Medicare premiums.

RETIREMENT FINTECH NOV 04, 2012
No 'crew cut' to 401(k) tax breaks, ASPPA chief vows

RETIREMENT RIAS NOV 04, 2012
Options for an uncertain AMT

RETIREMENT RIAS NOV 04, 2012
Cut exposure to Medicare taxes

RETIREMENT RETIREMENT PLANNING OCT 28, 2012
President Obama or President Romney?

RETIREMENT RETIREMENT PLANNING OCT 28, 2012
Scary: Retirement expectations, goals unrealistic

RETIREMENT RIAS OCT 26, 2012
Eight tax strategies for advisers to consider

RETIREMENT RIAS OCT 26, 2012
Traditional tax planning 'turned on its head' this year

That's the song the band played when Cornwallis surrendered to the upstart Americans at Yorktown. It should also be the theme music for this year's tax-planning season. Here's why.

RETIREMENT RIAS OCT 26, 2012
Olympians would be spared medal tax under Senator's proposal

Senator Marco Rubio, R-Fla., introduced the bill to exempt Olympic medal winners from owing tax on their winnings and called the tax “ridiculous.”

The skinny: Delaying retirement won't fatten Social Security check
RETIREMENT RETIREMENT PLANNING OCT 24, 2012
The skinny: Delaying retirement won't fatten Social Security check

But waiting to claim benefits will increase monthly income

RETIREMENT RETIREMENT PLANNING OCT 24, 2012
The UnCOLA: Social Security recipients to get puny cost-of-living boost

Bad news for Social Security recipients: The cost-of-living adjustment in 2013 will be puny. How puny? Likely, less than half of what it was in 2012.

RETIREMENT RETIREMENT PLANNING OCT 23, 2012
Annuities suffer from a branding problem

RETIREMENT RIAS OCT 21, 2012
Cap deductions to balance the budget

Arithmetic: Deduction cap means Romney's math adds up, tax group says
RETIREMENT RIAS OCT 18, 2012
Arithmetic: Deduction cap means Romney's math adds up, tax group says

Despite withering criticism from Democrats, it appears Mitt Romney's tax math does indeed add up. At least, that's the verdict from the non-partisan Tax Foundation.

RETIREMENT RETIREMENT PLANNING OCT 18, 2012
Are advisers giving bad Social Security advice? Survey says yes

New research from Wharton shows that many financial advisers are giving their clients shortsighted -- or plain bad -- advice about Social Security.