Taxes
AARP is leading an effort to prevent fiscally-challenged Illinois from taxing pension income again after a holiday of 32 years. Reinstating the tax would bring in an estimated $2...
A Tale of Two Tax Plans
As explained by our guest columnist, a senior fellow at the Urban-Brookings Tax Policy Center at the Urban Institute, Trump's tax policy would echo supply-side solutions of the past...
Asset location tool could boost savings by 15% over 30 years: Betterment
'Asset location is the closest thing there is to a free lunch in wealth creation,' Boris Khentov, vice president of operations and a tax attorney at Betterment.
Unexpected taxes can hurt seniors who work longer: Kotlikoff
"We are all made worse off when are pushed out of the labor market by policies that encourage them to retire," said Larry Kotlikoff, a Boston University...
Jackson and Morningstar partner on tax demonstration tool
This tool is available for wholesalers and advisors, and supported by Jackson’s Advanced Strategies team, a group of senior portfolio strategists and retirement and wealth strategy consultants who study...
Is It Time to End Tax Deferral?
This strikes me as the issue at the heart of the controversy over the Department of Labor's conflict-of-interests proposal—the issue we duck and dodge, while pretending that it’s all...
In 1799, They Said ‘No’ to Taxes
In March 1799. not far from where I live today, an auctioneer named John Fries led a protest against the first direct tax on American homeowners. Alexander Hamilton wanted...
Secrets of Tax-Efficient Drawdown
In a regular new feature on the latest retirement-related research, we look at a variety of recent articles, including one that might just change the way you think about...