Dana Sippel, CFP®, CPA/PFS

Tax Smart Charitable Gifting

New laws for 2018 tax returns resulted in only 8% of taxpayers itemizing their deductions 1. This means that the remaining 92% of Americans no longer receive any tax benefits…

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How To Use 529 Plans To Leverage A Wealth Transfer

The 2017 Tax Act improved 529 plans, adding provisions that allow plan balances to be used to pay K-12 tuition.  Prior to 2018, 529 funds could only be used to…

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Investing Under The New Tax Law: These Haven’t Changed, but Don’t Forget Them!

The biggest tax act in over 30 years was signed into law last December, and people are obviously focusing on the big changes to tax rates, deductions, and tax exemptions.…

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Investing under the new tax law: The details you might have missed

The biggest tax act in over 30 years was signed into law last December, and people are obviously focusing on the big changes to tax rates, deductions, and tax exemptions.…

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Supercharge Gifts To Kids With Roth IRAs

As the summer winds down, kids are returning to school, pockets overflowing with cash earned from summer jobs/internships.  Is there an opportunity for these summer jobs to begin securing your…

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Social Security Benefits: When to claim them if you’re still working

You’ve just celebrated your 65th birthday and you’re ready to claim your Social Security benefits. Not so fast! Although you have reached the traditional retirement age, you enjoy your work…

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