Retirement Social Security Taxes The $43 Trillion Surprise On Friday May 16 the word was out. A $350 billion tax cut was a By Scott Burns / June 1, 2003
Retirement Social Security Taxes Home Ownership Tax Deductions, Examined Make a list of the ten things Americans hold most dear. There is a good By Scott Burns / May 6, 2003
Retirement Social Security Taxes The Monster In The Social Security Report The Devil, they say, is “in the details.” So it is with our government. It By Scott Burns / May 4, 2003
Home Ownership Income & Wealth Taxes Bubble Support 101: A Tale of Two Cities BOSTON. Nearly forty years ago I bought my first house here. I paid a record By Scott Burns / April 29, 2003
Home Ownership Income & Wealth Taxes Home Owner Tax Benefits Depend On Where You Live Location. Location. Location. That famous phase describes the value of real estate. It also describes By Scott Burns / April 27, 2003
Home Ownership Income & Wealth Taxes Single and Over-taxed? Buy a Home. Marriage. Children. Homeownership. They seem to go together. In fact, the largest tax benefits for By Scott Burns / April 22, 2003
Home Ownership Income & Wealth Taxes Taxes, Deductions, and Home Ownership What’s our biggest tax break? It’s home ownership. Nothing else comes close. Home mortgage interest By Scott Burns / April 20, 2003
Couch Potato Investing Income & Wealth Fees Lower Returns. Period. “… I could only agree with your yardsticks of 1, 2, and 3% (for management By Scott Burns / March 25, 2003
Couch Potato Investing Income & Wealth Retirement The Investment Equivalent of Working at Wal-Mart Today’s cosmic question: What’s the best investment a retired person can make these days? Answer: By Scott Burns / March 9, 2003
Better Spending Couch Potato Investing Income & Wealth Variable Annuities That Beat Taxable Funds “Are Variable Annuities Right For Your Clients?” That’s the title of an interesting article in By Scott Burns / February 25, 2003
Couch Potato Investing CP portfolio recipes Income & Wealth The 401(k) Plan Tax Trap Here’s a situation they don’t tell you about. You’re 61 years old. You’ve had a By Scott Burns / February 18, 2003