Congress Takes Steps to Avoid Negative Effects of Affordable Care…

One facet of the Affordable Care Act is specific benefit requirements that have to be offered by small businesses (those with 50 or fewer employees). These requirements were scheduled to…

Legal Strategies to Avoid Guardianship

As senior citizens continue to age, the likelihood increases that they will become physically or mentally incapacitated. Hopefully, people in such a situation have family members who step in and…

Family Financial Traditions

To some degree or another, we are all a function of the social environments in which we were raised. Of course, that encompasses both positives and negatives. When it comes…

Holiday Bonus + Tax Refund Spending: Where to Put it…

How to Get Max Return Out of Your Taxes Did you get a holiday bonus from your employer? Or maybe you have a tax refund coming. If so, do you…

Watch Out for Predatory Tax Liens on Your Family Home

Predatory Tax Liens To Be Aware Of As our parents and other loved ones age, they may need a little more attention from us. Parents, grandparents, aunts, and uncles, or…

Planning for Charitable Giving

Estate Planning for a Charitable Giving January 1 wipes the slate clean for your tax-deductible charitable contributions. That might be a good time to reassess your approach to donating to…

Cards for Brianna: A Lifetime of Lessons and Love from…

The Best Gift You Can Leave to Your Loved Ones A Wisconsin woman, whose story was widely reported in media nationwide, has died. Heather McManamy, who was diagnosed with cancer…

Retirement Planning Reality Check

The National Institute on Retirement Security (NIRS) states that American workers have not set aside nearly enough for retirement planning to the tune of trillions of dollars. Why? Well as…

What Happens to an Indigent Person After Death?

There are so many people in our midst who are considered indigent. We see them on street corners, in parks, and where homeless people congregate. We may wonder how they…

Am I Due Class Action Settlement Money?

Class action lawsuits are common in our court systems. Most everyone has received a notice in the mail of a class action suit involving consumer products, from cars to jewelry….