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Takeaways From a Conference About Retirement Savings

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In other words, people learn best about personal finance (and other topics) through stories and case study examples. In other words, take action once to automate financial transactions such as payroll deductions for a 401(k) or regular automatic deposits to buy stock or mutual funds.

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Ten Tax Planning Tips for 2022

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Since there is no longer a non-itemizer’s charitable deduction in 2022 and only about 10% of tax filers itemize, you’ll probably have fewer receipts to save. 401(k), 403(b), and traditional IRA). . ¨ Improve Your Tax Records - If disorganized records were a problem for 2021 taxes due in 2022, set up a better system.

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Ten Upsides of Inflation

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401(k)s) and IRAs are pegged to inflation. Standard Deduction - The amount of income taxpayers can shelter from income taxes rises with inflation (e.g., for couples filing jointly, the standard deduction is $27,700 in 2023 vs. $25,900 in 2022). When inflation rises, workers can save more money. million in 2022).

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Tax Planning Tools and Techniques

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I recently attended a NY Public Library webinar about tax planning and below is a summary: Standard Deduction - 2023 saw the largest ever automatic adjustment to standard deductions since indexing was introduced in the 1980s. A larger standard deduction means that taxpayers can shelter more income from income taxes.

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Individual Retirement Accounts: What You Need to Know

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One of the few things that taxpayers can do to reduce their income taxes after a calendar year ends is to make a tax-deductible contribution to a traditional individual retirement account (IRA) or a SEP-IRA (for small business owners and/or their employees). 401(k), 403(b), 457, or Thrift Savings Plan). There is no way out.

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Financial Improvement Strategies for a New Year

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Below are ten suggestions to improve your finances during the year ahead: 1. The easiest way to “pay yourself first” is to have savings deducted automatically from your paycheck through a 401(k) or other workplace savings plan. Another new year is underway, which provides an incentive to get “your financial act together.”

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Twelve Tax Planning Topics for 2022

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Here are 12 tax topics to consider: Itemized Deductions- Only about 10% of taxpayers can itemize since the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act went into effect in 2018. Strategies to garner a tax benefit for charitable gifts to qualified charities include “bunching” deductions into one tax year and setting up and funding a donor advised fund.

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