Retirement planning essentials

Enjoying your golden years is among every adult’s biggest dreams. Being able to put a lifetime of work behind you, travel, spend time with family, volunteer, and pursue your favorite hobbies is what retirement should be all about.

The hard truth is that many adults have failed to plan and save adequately for their retirement. In fact, recent studies have shown that only six in ten adults have anything saved for life after work.

Are you prepared? Read on to learn how to make a great retirement.

Pay off your debt with the snowball method

Debt. That four-letter word that sends shivers down our spines. Like freshly fallen snow, debt begins as tiny snowflakes, slowly building up over time. But as your debts compound, especially credit card balances with high percentage rates, loans, and revolving accounts, that accumulating mound of snow can quickly turn into a crushing avalanche of credit nightmares.

How can you shovel your way clear of a mountain of debt? It takes a plan, a commitment to dig yourself out, and the focused discipline to realize your goal. Read on to learn the secrets that can return you to financial freedom.

2018 Taxes: What’s New?

The recently enacted federal Tax Cuts and Jobs Act marks a significant change for how you will plan for what you owe Uncle Sam. It’s perhaps the biggest reshuffling of the tax guidelines in the past 30 years. With so much that has changed in the 2018 tax law, read on to learn the essentials that you need to know.

TaxBrian TeeterJuly 27, 2018Ross-Stern & AssociatesTaxes, Tax Reform

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