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Tips to help employees take control of their finances in 2024

Employee Benefits

It’s now more important than ever to support employees to take control of their finances. Create a budget – The first step to taking control of your finances is to create a budget. Many employers offer payroll-deducted savings schemes for effortless saving. 300,000 victims [5] report a case to Action Fraud every year in the UK.

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Maximizing Your “Financial Gap Years”

Money Talk

Pension Payment Sequencing - Taxpayers fortunate to have a pension may want to delay their work exit date/pension start date to do Roth conversions or realize capital gains on taxable accounts before RMDs begin. Individuals must “do the math” to see if this strategy will work.

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Choosing the best workplace pension for your business

Employee Benefits

Transitioning to a superior provider is no longer a hassle: If you’re contemplating changing your current workplace pension scheme, the process isn’t as challenging as you might think. Many pension companies (we’re one of them!) What is a workplace pension? are prepared to assist you with the heavy lifting.

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Ten Benefits of Self-Employment in Later Life

Money Talk

Tax Write-Off for Self-Employment Tax - On line 15 of Schedule 2 (for a 1040 form), self-employed workers can write off the deductible portion of their self-employment tax (calculated on Schedule SE), which will lower adjusted gross income (AGI), a trigger for many other taxes.

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Individual Retirement Accounts: What You Need to Know

Money Talk

One of the few things that taxpayers can do to reduce their income taxes after a calendar year ends is to make a tax-deductible contribution to a traditional individual retirement account (IRA) or a SEP-IRA (for small business owners and/or their employees). Many have accumulated significant sums and need tax planning help.

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Middle-Income Earners Can Be Millionaires

Money Talk

Payroll deductions for defined contribution plans, like 401(k)s, make adhering to advice to “pay your first” automatic. Backstops Can Mitigate Risk-Taking - Some investors feel that they can take on more investment risk when they have a guaranteed source of income (think tenured educators or retirees with a pension and/or annuities).

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Ten Tax Planning Tips for 2022

Money Talk

2021) or 90% of current year (2022) tax liability using a W-4 form at work for job-related income tax withholding; withholding for Social Security, a pension, and required minimum distributions through account custodians; and/or quarterly estimated payments using IRS Form 1040-ES.

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