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Social Security Administration steps up online security
RETIREMENT RETIREMENT PLANNING MAY 15, 2017
Social Security Administration steps up online security

Starting June 10, verification code required to access personal accounts.

RETIREMENT RETIREMENT PLANNING MAY 11, 2017
Retirement taxes are not for sissies

Opportunities abound for advisers schooled in tax-efficient withdrawals.

RETIREMENT RETIREMENT PLANNING MAY 09, 2017
Social Security blocks clients' claiming strategies

Sometimes it is possible to reverse unintended claims.

RETIREMENT REGULATION AND LEGISLATION MAY 07, 2017
New tax plan is a work in progress that needs advisers' input

President Donald J. Trump plans to host a series of listening sessions on the tax plan.

RETIREMENT RETIREMENT PLANNING MAY 05, 2017
Milestone birthday triggers crucial financial decisions

In latest dispatch from the retirement front, InvestmentNews' contributing editor mulls health insurance, estate planning choices.

RETIREMENT FINTECH MAY 02, 2017
These investments could do well under Trump tax plan

Master limited partnerships, tech funds and financial firms could be winners under the president's proposal.

RETIREMENT RETIREMENT PLANNING MAY 01, 2017
How Social Security treats remarriage

Sometimes it pays to wait to take a second trip down the aisle.

RETIREMENT FIXED INCOME MAY 01, 2017
Increase your probability of success in the bond market

RETIREMENT TAX APR 27, 2017
Trump's plan to ditch AMT welcomed by advisers, but tax savings may be minimal

Removing big deductions could nullify benefits of repealing the alternative minimum tax.

RETIREMENT REGULATION AND LEGISLATION APR 27, 2017
Trump tax proposal leaves advisers in the dark on estate tax repeal

Ideas floated in the past include imposing a Canadian-style capital-gains tax at death in place of a federal estate tax, but the president hasn't offered additional details.

RETIREMENT TAX APR 27, 2017
Doubling standard deduction could hurt philanthropic giving

Trump's tax plan could create a disincentive for Americans to give as much to charity, especially when adding in the estate tax repeal.

RETIREMENT TAX APR 26, 2017
Is tax-loss harvesting really that beneficial?

If you have avoidable gains, it generally won't make any sense to use the strategy.

RETIREMENT RETIREMENT PLANNING APR 26, 2017
Social Security: Later is better

New Fidelity survey shows more Americans plan to wait to claim benefits.

RETIREMENT REGULATION AND LEGISLATION APR 26, 2017
What advisers should know about the Trump tax proposal

With many details yet to be ironed out, the list of goals unveiled Wednesday includes lower business and individual rates, a higher standard deduction and elimination of the net investment income tax and estate tax.

RETIREMENT RIAS APR 26, 2017
Trump's tax plan could be big win for RIAs

Capping pass-through entity taxes at 15% would help advisers and many of their clients.

Avoid these common RMD mistakes
RETIREMENT RETIREMENT PLANNING APR 24, 2017
Avoid these common RMD mistakes

Forgetting to take the minimum required distribution is one of several RMD mistakes any client can make. Here’s how financial advisors can help

RETIREMENT RETIREMENT PLANNING APR 19, 2017
Ric Edelman proposes Social Security fix: Allot $7,000 for each baby

Adviser's plan begins with the federal government setting aside money for each newborn baby for 35 years, to be invested for the child's retirement.

RETIREMENT TAX APR 18, 2017
Why a GOP tax proposal could be bad news for your clients

A key tax reform would do away with the federal deduction for state and local taxes, a move that would especially hurt taxpayers in high property tax states like New York, New Jersey and California.

Help clients use qualified charitable distributions to save on taxes
RETIREMENT RETIREMENT PLANNING APR 14, 2017
Help clients use qualified charitable distributions to save on taxes

Advisers need to help RMD clients change the way they give.

RETIREMENT TAX APR 12, 2017
Free online tax filing proposed in Senate