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February 25th to March 2^nd is Military Saves Week, designed to help promote personal savings and reducing debt.  Each day of the week will have a special focus and today’s focus is saving the extra!

February 25th to March 2^nd is Military Saves Week, designed to help promote personal saving and reducing debt.  Each day of the week will have a special focus and today’s focus is saving for retirement!

As we move towards the end of the year, you should have a good idea of what your income for the year should be.  For those who have contributed to an IRA or a Roth IRA throughout the year, you will want to make sure that your final income does not make those contributions ineligible.  For the 2018 income phaseout limits for both traditional and Roth IRAs and the rules around them, please take a look at a

A key provision of the 2017 Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (TCJA), Section 199A, commonly referred to as the Qualified Business Income (QBI) deduction, allows non-C Corp business owners the opportunity to deduct a percentage of their net business income to lower their overall taxable income.  This deduction, when combined with the lower tax brackets put in place by the TCJA could make this the right time for you to do a Roth conversion.

It is always a jarring time for you and your family when you get notified that you will be deploying.  As your mind races about your job, your family, and your mission, it can seem like there are thousands of things for you to do, and often there actually is!  A deployment can also be a time of opportunity, for you personally and financially.  One of the benefits afforded to you as a servicemember deployed to a combat zone is that the income you earn as a member of the military in the combat zone is excluded from income taxes (you still pay social security and medicare taxes).  The tax-free

The Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (TCJA), passed just at the end of 2017, made some of the most significant changes to the tax code in decades, and you have probably heard numerous takes on how good or bad the legislation is.  This is not going to be a discussion of the merits of the bill, but instead, I will highlight three changes that taxpayers can use to their advantage starting as early as 2018.  Just one big note, this is for 2018 taxes, due in April 2019.  For your 2017 taxes, due in April of 2018, the old tax rules still apply.