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Want money when you retire? Here are some tips. Here are five common retirement planning tips and what you can do to take advantage of them. The key is retirement planning starts today, not decades from now when you are reaching retirement age.

There are many tax benefits built into home ownership. Here's a summary of the most common.It may be worth a quick review to ensure you are maximizing your home ownership tax benefits.

Getting This Wrong Can Cost You One of the more common tax questions is whether you need to file a federal tax return this year. The answer is: it depends. But not filing a tax return when you should can cost you plenty, especially with the passage of a major piece of tax legislation like the One Big Beautiful Bill Act. Here are some quick tips to help you determine your answer.

Net Unrealized Appreciation (NUA): A Tax Opportunity Hidden Inside Some Retirement Plans Many employees accumulate company stock inside their retirement plans over the course of their careers. When retirement approaches, that stock may qualify for a little-known tax treatment called Net Unrealized Appreciation (NUA). When handled correctly, NUA can significantly reduce the tax burden associated with distributing company stock from a retirement plan. When handled incorrectly, the opportunity disappears and the entire distribution may become taxable as ordinary income. Understanding the mechanics of NUA is therefore important before taking any action with employer stock held inside a retirement account.

If you’ve gotten used to reporting gambling winnings and then “washing them out” with gambling losses on your tax return, 2026 is where that muscle memory can betray you. A federal law change effective for tax years beginning after December 31, 2025 rewrote the wagering-loss rule in IRC §165(d) so the deductible amount is now generally 90% of your wagering losses, and it’s still capped at your wagering gains (winnings). Translation: even a break-even gambling year can create taxable “phantom income” that you’re not accustomed to seeing.