Your Social Security Benefits for 2025: COLA Update
The Social Security Administration (SSA) has officially released its annual cost-of-living adjustment (COLA) figures for 2025.
How to Apply for Social Security Retirement Benefits
The federal government provides Social Security retirement benefits, a form of financial assistance, to individuals who have reached retirement age and have paid into the Social Security system through payroll taxes during their working years.
IRS Announces 2025 Gift and Estate Tax Exemptions
The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) has released its tax inflation adjustment figures for tax year 2025.
Estate Planning Checklist: 5 Initial Steps You Can Take
Here are some steps you can take to get started with the estate planning process, even before you meet with an attorney to work on any legal documents.
Inheritance Tax: What States Have It and When It Applies
Inheritance tax is a state-level tax that beneficiaries pay when they receive assets from an estate after somebody has passed away.
Who Holds Your Will and Other Estate Planning Documents?
Once you've taken the step to create a will and get your estate plan in order, you need to figure out what to do with the will itself.
Cybersecurity Awareness Month: Maintain Your Online Safety
Our devices offer so many benefits and have become such an integral part of our lives that we often forget how much easier they make it for people to steal our information or take advantage of us.
What to Know About Rolling a 529 Account Into a Roth IRA
As of 2024, you can roll over unspent funds from a 529 plan to a beneficiary-owned Roth IRA. This provision gives families a way to kick-start a young person's retirement savings.
Who Needs a Trust Instead of a Will?
While simple estate plans may just use a will, more complex plans may benefit from also employing a trust.
10 Do’s and 1 Don’t for the Trustee of a Trust
Whether it's an honor or a burden (or both), you have been appointed trustee of a trust. What responsibilities have been thrust upon you? How can you successfully carry them out?