Financial Planning


Exceptions to Early Distribution Penalties

Most people who have retirement accounts--either IRAs or qualified plans through an employer--understand the importance of leaving these funds untouched u...  Read story

Shopping for Retirement

It's not easy to find retirement plans suitable for entrepreneurial companies. Ask Brooke Dickinson, the president of Ditco, aKent, Wash....  Read story

Top Myths about Retirement Plans

1. You cannot take money out of your 401(k) plan until you retire. Most 401(k) plans allow you to borrow money from the plan. Some...  Read story

Retirement Account Withdrawal Rules: A Summary

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PRACTICAL CASH-SAVING IDEAS FROM INC. READERS  Read story

Ira's And Sep's: Retirement Plans Made Easy

New changes in the lawmake payroll-deduction Individual Retirement Accounts and Simplified Employee Pensions a corporate option worth considering.  Read story

Financial Services Associations

Industry-specific associations can help you research hard-to-find details about the industry you're in and offer valuable networking opportunities with bu...  Read story

How An Employee Perk Can Be A Tax Advantage

One small company owner, with a preference for profit-sharing, ended up with a pension plan instead.  Read story

What's New for 2004

April 15, 2004, is the due date for the first installment of estimated tax--something that sole proprietors and owners of pass-through entities should not...  Read story

Pay Now, Learn Later

You can protect yourself against college tuition hikes. But the scheme backfires if your kid goes to the state university By now you probably kno...  Read story

Do-It-Yourself Aid

Is college around the corner? Families too wealthy for need-based aid are turning to the tax code to help pay the bill. Ashley Young, 18, is begi...  Read story

The January Effect

It's not too late--or too early--to do a little tax planning. Yes, even in January, there are a few smart moves left for the previous year's taxe...  Read story

401(K) Plans

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Annuities

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Budget Deficit

The phrase, "budget deficit," is normally applied to situations where, at the end of a calendar or fiscal year, a public entity turns out to have spent mo...  Read story

Employee Stock Ownership Plans (ESOPs)

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Financial Planners

Financial planners are individuals who advise both people and companies about how to invest their assets. Most financial planners are professionals who he...  Read story

Individual Retirement Accounts (IRAs)

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Keogh Plan

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Pension Plans

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Retirement Planning

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401(k) Plans: Approach With Caution

401(k) plans allow employees to put away a portion of their earnings for retirement and avoid taxation until the money is withdrawn. But the problems associa...  Read story

Who's Who In Financial Planning

Certified Financial Planners (CFPs) are financial-services professionals who have passed a series of courses offered by the College for Financial Planning...  Read story

Your Money;

You may have noticed that there are any number of people who are willing, for a modest fee, to help you manage your money and accumulate assets. Bankers a...  Read story

Excuse Me, But My Stocks Are Beeping

Nervous about your investments? A device called Pocket Quote Receiver lets you monitor your portfolio 16 hours a day, seven days a week. About the s...  Read story

Iras: Better The Second Time Around

The ads came fast and furious. "Open Your IRA Now!" "Only Two Days Left!" Right up to April 15, 1983, the last day most people could open an individual re...  Read story

Credit Where Credit Is Due

In a society where credit cards are as essential as folding money, H. David Meyers has become a savior for thousands of students, divorced people, artists...  Read story

Finding An Investment Manager

Scouting good investment managers Saving for your children's college costs  Read story

Making The Most From Your Computer

Keep track of your investments with a computer What do insiders know that the rest of us don't?  Read story

Super Trouble For Super Iras

Thousands of owners of closely held businesses who have made contributions to so-called super individual retirement accounts may be in for a rude shock fr...  Read story

Capital;

Looking for equity investors? William Scheurer thinks he has identified a whole new breed. His company, HB Harbinger Service Inc., is underwriting its o...  Read story

The 401(k): Now You See It, Now You Don't

The 401(k) used to be a tool for executives interested in saving for their retirement, allowing them to salt away as much as $30,000 a year, tax deferred....  Read story

Benefits: Growing Numbers

Chart showing the increase in 401(K) retirement plans offered by small companies between 1984 and 1988.  Read story

Beyond the 401(k)

The benefits of the state-of-the-art executive compensation plan known as the 401(k) wraparound.  Read story

Missed Opportunities

How small company executive compensation packages pale in comparison to large company plans.  Read story

The Rewards of 401(k)s

Coopers's Lybrand booklet on 401(k) plans.  Read story

Building a Successful 401(k)

Helping employees to reap the most benefits from their 401(k) plans.  Read story

Communicating Benefits by Video

Purchasing a customized video to explain benefits changes to employees.  Read story

Benefits and Quality

Chart depicting how incentive structures of motivated and unmotivated companies improve work quality.  Read story