Unemployment Tax Benefits that You Should Be Aware Of

Paying taxes is never pleasant, and the experience can be even worse when you are unemployed and trying to hold on to every dollar of your savings. But by judicious tax planning and careful application of the rules on deductions, you stand a good chance to get some much needed savings while filing your taxes. Read more

Preparing to Die and Retirement

More and more groups like International Living, an emailing promoting the merits of living and retiring abroad, are springing up each month to meet the needs of people who less and less see a retirement in Arizona or Florida as a possibility. This comes as no surprise to the thousands of people who travel to Costa Rica each year. Read more

Organization Your Personal Finance in 4 Steps

When it comes down to it, personal finance has a lot to do with organization. You can make all the right decisions, invest in all the right places, and know about all the right options, but if you cannot keep track of it all it can turn out to be a lost cause. With that said, here are some quick and easy tips on organizing your finances and getting your money in order. Read more

401k Contribution Limits, Rollover and Withdrawal Plan

Trying to figure out how much you should be contributing to your 401k can almost seem like a full time job, in and of its own. The same system for planning retirement simply does not work for everyone. When you are trying to come up with an appropriate figure there are a few questions you need to ask.

You should question yourself on how much you should be saving and what types of accounts you want to be using. Here is a quick run down on how to go about figuring out the answers to Read more