Life Insurance
Your IRA Has An Unnamed Beneficiary!
RMDs can present a tax trap for the unwary. Here’s a 4-point checklist to help you avoid the pitfalls.
October 7, 2019
Category: Taxes
Planning
Changes To Medicare Plans to Begin Soon!
RMDs can present a tax trap for the unwary. Here’s a 4-point checklist to help you avoid the pitfalls.
October 3, 2019
Planning
I.R.S. RULING MIGHT CREATE TIMING ISSUES
RMDs can present a tax trap for the unwary. Here’s a 4-point checklist to help you avoid the pitfalls.
September 30, 2019
IFG Viewpoint & Outlook
Getting Ready to Take a RMD? Here’s a 4-Point Checklist.
RMDs can present a tax trap for the unwary. Here’s a 4-point checklist to help you avoid the pitfalls.
September 26, 2019
Family Issues
Ageing Issues Make Financial Planning More Important than Ever!
Jim Lorenzen, CFP®, AIF® When I was a kid, no one I knew had Alzheimer’s. Heck, no one my parents knew had it. In fact,
April 21, 2019
Planning
Retirement Withdrawal Strategy May Need a New Twist!
Jim Lorenzen, CFP®, AIF® The right retirement withdrawal strategy shouldn’t follow conventional wisdom blindly. What’s right for you might be very different. Conventional wisdom says
April 7, 2019
Charitable Giving
Thinking of Giving to Charity? Here are some options for giving!
Jim Lorenzen, CFP®, AIF® Giving to charity? While most anything can be given to charity, these are the more common forms of donated property: Cash:Cash
September 26, 2018
Investing
Tax-Advantaged or Tax-Deferred? Do you know the difference?- copy
Jim Lorenzen, CFP®, AIF® Tax-deferred and tax-advantaged are two termsoften used interchangeably and, as a result, often lead to a lot of confusion; but, the
June 11, 2018
Inflation
The Provisional Income Trap
… and what it means to your retirement income – particularly your Social Security taxation in retirement. Jim Lorenzen, CFP®, AIF® Most people believe that
July 25, 2017
Planning
ROLLOVER DECISIONS – THE BEST AND THE WORST
Jim Lorenzen, CFP®, AIF® Bad decisions = bad consequences = big costs! As you may have seen or heard me say many times, it’s not
June 13, 2017