I've yet to meet someone who likes paying more to the IRS than they are required to. The below article from the WSJ highlights a common IRS penalty that you want to make sure you are avoiding, penalties on under payments. You can click on the article below to read it all, but for the [...]
Seth is back with another installment of “What’s New(s)?” highlighting the topics that he’s following closely which might have an impact on you, as well as some others that he thinks you might find interesting or fun. Maura Healey released a $750MM tax reform plan for the state of Massachusetts. Among the notable proposals: [...]
Seth is back with this year's first installment of “What’s New(s)?” highlighting the topics that he’s following closely which might have an impact on you, as well as some others that he thinks you might find interesting or fun. Ben Carlson, an investment professional and author of the fantastic blog “A Wealth of [...]
Seth is back with another installment of “What’s New(s)?” highlighting the topics that he’s following closely which might have an impact on you, as well as some others that he thinks you might find interesting or fun. A recent Morningstar study found that investors earned ~9.3%/year in mutual funds and ETFs over a decade [...]
Massachusetts taxpayers will be excited to find out that they will be receiving a refund from MA for tax year 2021! Massachusetts law dictates that if tax revenue collections exceed a certain annual tax revenue cap then all excess will be returned to taxpayers. MA exceeded the cap in 2021, so what this functionally [...]
This week in our continuing series on the impact of the election we tackle income taxes. If you missed last week on investments you can check it out here. Below is a chart showing the top marginal tax brackets since 1913. What stands out (beyond the fact that the top marginal tax bracket in the [...]
Were you surprised by your tax bill the past couple of years? It's possible that is due to changes in the way taxes are now being calculated to be withheld from your paycheck. In this Single Point of View, Seth deciphers the new W-4 form and provides some tips on how to complete it. [...]
With tomorrow being June 15th, we wanted to update this post from last year as a reminder to pay your quarterly tax estimates. Below are the links to simplify things and make these payments online. For many of us who have income that is not subject to tax withholding (for example: earnings from self-employment, interest, dividends, [...]
In short: fund it and invest it, don't use it. Potentially, the best way to use your Health Savings Account (HSA) is to maximize the funding of it, but, instead of using the funds year-by-year to cover your out-of-pocket health care expenses, invest the funds and allow them to grow for the future. The reason [...]
