As of January 1, 2013, the Bush era tax cuts will expire and whether we go over the fiscal cliff or not, there are issues of concern to all investors, including retirees. The 15% tax rate on dividends will expire and recipients will pay tax on those dividends at their marginal tax rate up to [...]
By now everyone knows that the President has signed a tax bill. The question now on everyone’s mind is exactly what did he sign, and what does it mean to you? Lower payroll taxes in 2011 and the historically low rates of taxes on dividends are good for all of us (not so good [...]
Much has been written and discussed about the absence of an estate tax in 2010. The debate about what Congress may do rages on and is spiced up with stories about the death of George Steinbrenner and others like the Texas billionaire Dan Duncan, but the little publicized truth is that the 1 year [...]
Does never paying income tax on your retirement income sound too good to be true? Well believe it, because on or after January 4, 2010, anyone can convert their traditional IRA to a Roth IRA, pay the taxes in 2 installments in October 2011 and October 2012 and never again pay income tax on [...]